The Goalie's Anxiety: twins tonight, after the feathers last night

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

sundogs

two of four fawns following two does

SUMMA POLITICO said...: So YOU say "two fawns" following two does, I do see one vanishing and one leaping marvelously ... but that is all. I am reminded of the "African savannnah" that you come on as you descend, very gradually there, the south side of the Sacramentoes in New Mexico; onto a stretch of roughly 50 by fifty miles that is nearly entirely flat, and quartered into four farmsteads, which can be ascertained by the bosque of trees that protect the farmstead, and of course the inevitable metal wind mill and its metal blades that draws the all important liquid from the acquifer into a water tower.
On that huge savannah I used to see small herds of antelopes, pronghorns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn
having a very good time gamboling about
and it made me feel as though i was suddenly in Africa.; August 4, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Scott Abbott said...: the does and the other two fawns have already disappeared behind the oak brush.

and the light was fading so the camera took a while to gather enough light, which explains the fuzziness of the photo.

but what beautiful little fellows.; August 4, 2011 at 10:20 AM
* said...: gamboling is an excellent word :); August 6, 2011 at 6:54 AM
Scott Abbott said...: gamboling, indeed.

i also like the word "stotting," which means that jumping running mule deer do that sounds like "thump, thump, thump" instead of four independent legs.; August 6, 2011 at 7:05 AM