Deer Me!

Living in the country as we do, it goes without saying there’s lot of wildlife around even if they aren't always evident. One neighbour even reported seeing a bear ambling along our shoreline! We haven’t encountered that lumbering stranger yet, thank God but Spencer and I have encountered numerous skunks and he seems intuitively (that wonderful nose again) to know not to go after them.

One day, we had an unexpected bonus after a walk to the General Store. We strolled back past the Waba Cottage and Museum, then made a sharp left hand turn around an apple tree at Riopelle’s laneway and lo and behold, ran smack into two young deer who’d been feeding on fallen apples. One look at us and they flew effortlessly over the fence, across the road (I held my breath no cars would come), across the ditch, the other fence, then stood in Terry’s field opposite to stare back at us who had startled them. Spencer went crazy. He had a whiff of deer and was determined to get under the fence and give chase! Crazy nut…what chance? It must be the smell of “wild game” that drove him wild. What a walk that one was!