Yesterday evening, I went out on the back porch. It was very quiet outside with just the birds singing and a gentle breeze. It was around 8:00 or 8:15 pm. The sun was going down. I had my binoculars looking towards the woods and nearby fields to see if I saw any rabbits or other wildlife. All of a sudden, as if an angel had tapped me on shoulder to see, I zoomed my binoculars into an area next to the woods where the woods and field meet. There's a fence there as the farmer has cows usually grazing there. The field had been allowed to go fallow as the cows are in the upland pastures now and a variety of flowers including daisies, were blooming there. All of a sudden I saw a beautiful deer. She was feeding along the fenceline on the side next to the woods. She walked along the fenceline and I had a feeling pretty soon she would jump that fence and start feeding in the field. I was right, she jumped the fence and started feeding in the field, probably rich with red clover, which wildlife love, especially deer and rabbits. She was so graceful and once in a while she would look up, her ears perked up. But most of the time she seemed quite happy grazing in that field. One time a neighbor went walking past several hundred yards from where the deer was. He walked with his head down to his house and didn't even notice the deer at all!! And the deer just gazed at him for awhile and went back to feeding. Her white tail would flick once in a while. One time she looked up and I would swear she could "sense" me looking at her. It looked like she was staring right at me! But then she would lower her head and graze some more. Because it was a quiet evening, I think she enjoyed being out there. I felt like I was alone with the deer and God. I felt like no one else was witnessing this except me!! It was an exhilarating experience and I was comforted by the fact that we are still surrounded by wildlife, and that man and his activites have not scared them off. Finally it got too dark for me to watch her and I came in. I wanted my husband to come out to see her, but I was afraid if I moved or opened the door, etc. it may have scared her off so I just kept still the whole time. I really felt blessed to have witnessed this! It was the first time in the 8 years we have lived in this area that I have seen a deer although I know they are here in the woods, but it was my first sighting of one here. I thank God and the angel that alerted me to look where I did! At that moment I thought, maybe there's still hope for our wildlife after all and a sense of peace came over me I couldn't describe!
