Deer in the Yard, Late Summer Afternoon

Deer in the yard again this afternoon — a doe and a smaller one working through the sagebrush under the ponderosas at the edge of the property. They stopped and looked at me for a while, decided I wasn't a problem, and went back to browsing. The little one stayed mostly hidden in the brush; all I could see over the top was ears and the white patch of its rump.

After they wandered off I gave up on doing anything else. Feet up on the striped blanket by the fire pit, sprinkler ticking away across the lawn, aspens still fully green even this late in August. My wife came out for a bit too. That was the whole day, and it was enough of one.