Saturday, November 28, 2009

Another adventure...

You all know how I love my adventures, the more walking I do, the more exhausted I get, as long as I have my camera I am a happy camper! lol

Well yesterday we had fresh snow fall and today it was just beautiful outside, and so I thought I would take my camera out for a bit of snowy pictures. While I was out I also bought a card reader and can now upload my pictures easily.

I started off by walking several long blocks to the store, on the way I took a few odd shots...


Then when I was done there I came out and I missed the bus, so I took a short cab ride to a lake I go to some times, I walked around the large lake taking pictures, then took a bus, 2 bus stops to another bit smaller lake and walked around taking pictures, there is a steep hill to go down to get to a beautiful view of the lake and I fell going down it, forward and landed hard on both knees, and then I was heading home and saw 2 deer, a normal person would have went home to rest her knees, am I normal ? No..... I got off the bus after 1 stop, thank goodness for bus passes! lmao Couldn't resist and glad I didn't as those 2 deer turned out to be 8-10. I am positive there were 8 different ones at least.

This is the first female I saw, with the other female, near the 2nd lake I visited, and it took off across the street and down the trail into a huge area with many hills and the trail led down to a low area where they all nibbled at the snow covered trees for a long time! The 2nd female went the opposite direction. I don't believe it is one of the 8-9 deer I saw near the hills.


This is the only male I saw, the rest were females.


Female on the left, the male on the right. He came from another hill down to the bottom where 3 females were and he led her back up the hill.


4 in this picture, hard to spot - all 4 are female, these were on 1 of the hills to the left.


And these were on another hill off to the right, far right deer is male, other 3 are female.

This is the most deer I have seen at 1 time so far, so lets just say I was thrilled! lol

12 comments:

  1. what a fabulous adventure!!! i'm envious...ha! can't wait for the 1st snow!! i love!!! these photos!

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  2. Wow, lucky you to have such wonderful wildlife around....I love all of the shots. Besides the deer, my favorite is the snow on the chain link fence. Great fun, Pam.

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  3. oh my gosh I would be in heaven if I ever saw deer this close! You are a lucky gal! and that male one looks like one of Santa's, lol!
    what a fabulous outing!

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  4. Thank you Pat, Carole & Betty!

    lol I was over the moon that I finally saw a male, I saw a male a few days ago but didn't have my camera and I was in a cab! Probably the same one! I have only ever seen females for years. A few months ago I saw 2 babies with 2 females, hope to get baby pictures one day!

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  5. Awesome photos, Pam! Love the deer =) The one of the leaf is really neat, too. So glad your camera is working now.

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  6. I would have died! But then again, I get excited about finding a new bug, too. =) How exciting and your photos are gorgeous.

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  7. Great fun Pam, I love watching the deer and elk and I am fortunate to have them around my home here, in the mtns, and at the beach. Lovely pictures. I certainly hope your knees are okay and that you haven't done too much damage.

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  8. Kathy - Thank you! Yes I am so glad too, I felt like one of my arms was cut off! lmao

    Regina - Thank you! lol Yes I get so excited, I probably shouldn't ever go that close to that many deer, as a few people have pointed out "it wouldn't take them that long to get to me" one day maybe I will learn!

    Marlene - Thank you! I would love to see Elk! My knees and legs are pretty sore today, but I'll live! lol

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  9. Great photos Pam! I really love the elegant simplicity of the first one.

    Cheers!
    Julie
    Julie Magers Soulen Photography
    Blog of Note

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  10. Lovely photos! Very beautifully done!

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  11. Oh wow! I need to get out shooting nature and wildlife again. I've been in a slump, but your photos remind me that I need to just get out and do it! Gorgeous!

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  12. Thank you Lexi, I actually went on a long walk on Friday and saw 3 beautiful deer. 1 buck and 2 does just maybe 15 feet away. Oh how I wish I had my camera! I love deer.

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