I braked and turned toward the fence to avoid from hitting the one nearest me. As soon as I was stopped, I put my car window down, grabbed my camera I happened to have on the front seat and tried to take a photo of them before they disappeared into the wooded area of the park. Without focusing and with the speed of the deer, my shot is rather blurry. Another second and I would have hit the last deer. They are such beautiful animals and they run like the wind. I'm sure it is the family that we had seen two years before. They seem to be surviving, even with all the housing developments bordering their home in the woods. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The "Yes, Deer!" Story
It was an ordinary day. I just got over the excitement of the drive home from work. I had been working at the high school in the print shop on the MT Baseball Yearbook. Printed it today on the AB Dick 9850 Offset Press. Packed full of stats and info on this year's high school baseball team. On the way home I decided to take a different route than usual. Turned west off of Route 501S when I reached Delp Road in Manheim Township. I have traveled this way before, but do not normally take this route since it takes longer to get home this direction. After traveling about 500 yards, I approached a small farm on the left which was the home for many years of the Swartz family. The Swartz farm was sold to the Township a few years ago to be made into a community park. It backs up to my property on the south side of the farm. Carol and I have been walking the trails that have been made throughout the park for the last couple of years. Really nice area. Still a lot of wildlife residing in the farm area. We have seen all sorts of birds and small game as well as a few foxes and a family of deer. Two years ago we saw two adult deer on our evening walk through the park and a few weeks later there were two fawns added to the group. We had not made any sightings of the deer over the past two years ...... until today. As I was just about at the farm I looked to my right and jumping across a split-rail fence were two large deer. They were heading toward the farm from a development know as Blossom Hill on my right. I was startled, but continued on. Then 2-3 seconds later, when I was at the split-rail fence, two more jumped over the fence immediately in front of me. I braked and turned toward the fence to avoid from hitting the one nearest me. As soon as I was stopped, I put my car window down, grabbed my camera I happened to have on the front seat and tried to take a photo of them before they disappeared into the wooded area of the park. Without focusing and with the speed of the deer, my shot is rather blurry. Another second and I would have hit the last deer. They are such beautiful animals and they run like the wind. I'm sure it is the family that we had seen two years before. They seem to be surviving, even with all the housing developments bordering their home in the woods. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
I braked and turned toward the fence to avoid from hitting the one nearest me. As soon as I was stopped, I put my car window down, grabbed my camera I happened to have on the front seat and tried to take a photo of them before they disappeared into the wooded area of the park. Without focusing and with the speed of the deer, my shot is rather blurry. Another second and I would have hit the last deer. They are such beautiful animals and they run like the wind. I'm sure it is the family that we had seen two years before. They seem to be surviving, even with all the housing developments bordering their home in the woods. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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