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January 26, 2006

a walk in the woods permalink

This morning I went for a walk in the woods. Nice. The sun had just come up, it was crisp (around 30 degrees), and I decided to follow a trail through the woods that surround A's house. I didn't go far before seeing deer tracks and snake holes and coming up upon a house with chickens.

So I backtracked, and went the other way, and came upon a clearing. I got excited when I saw a buck at the edge of the field looking at me. I moved slowly towards it, wanting not to startle it, and I started to get suspicious when I got within 50 yards and it was still standing there. But I continued approaching... and it was a plastic target-practice buck. Sigh!!

A little further along, I met its associate, the plastic target-practice wild pig. I found an occasional arrow. Otherwise, it was just me walking, with the dog sometimes racing by me and chasing down something in the woods. It was nice to just have some time to move and observe and not talk, just listen.

Posted at January 26, 2006

Comments

uh, this doesn't sound like a super safe place to be walking if you ask me

Posted by: brit at January 26, 2006 10:30 AM

We all need more times like these in our lives.

Posted by: neca at January 27, 2006 5:25 AM