i saw something beautiful today
90% of the time when i go out of county for court, i go west of waco. either out highway 84 or 6. into the hill country. rolling, beautiful hills, cedar scrub, baby farm animals, and wildlife.
three days in a row i went west this week.
for the last three months in a row, i've spotted a herd of deer living back and forth on two different ranches in a little town called south mountain, just east of gatesville.
this morning, i'm coming up on south mountain, and suddenly
a small group of them vault the fence like a living wave. beautiful. have you ever seen deer jump? they can jump fences like pole vaulters, and as a herd, the synchronicity is just breathtaking.
of course, now, as i see them up ahead on my right, i have to worry about them hitting the highway, and me...
but i get caught up in the dance, as three young does break off from the herd and try to decide whether to run the highway or go back from whence they came.
they circle and rise on their haunches like synchronized swimmers.
the whole thing took my breath away, and then they bounded back into the cedar scrub.
i'm sorry if i sound like the dude from american beauty who was filming the plastic bag, but it was just really soberingly beautiful.
i'll hush now.
do any of y'all get to see wildlife do cool things like that?
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