The
White Stag
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| painting by Shirley |
So we
were coming home from shopping a few days ago and as we came over the
hill on our road, there in front of us, slightly over to the grassy
bank at the side of the road was this lovely creature- a white stag.
It stopped, looked about as startled as we were to see it in midday
and on the road as well , then with a few bounds, it was off with
high leaps running gracefully along a side road.
This
is not the first encounter we have had with this neighborhood
creature. I saw it a while back , or one very similar along the
road. I saw it in early morning just grazing peacefully along the
side of the road but it was foggy that morning. I had passed it
almost before I realized it was a deer but white? I really did think
it was a dream or a hallucination until I mentioned it to some
neighbors and they said there was a small herd of white deer that
lived in the fields around our area. They were completely wild and
managed to survive despite the encroaching building of new homes and
even coyotes.
Such a
gracefully creature and beautiful to behold. I hope they survive.
Lovely creature, lovely painting!
ReplyDeleteJohn