Enough for Santa Claus

We had a snow fall last Friday night. It wasn't as much as those north of us got, and it paled in comparison with what the east coast got, but it was pretty and left the whole property covered.

Sometime Saturday afternoon I glanced out the bathroom window and noticed some movement on the hill west of the Greene View Springs property. Looking more carefully I realized it was a deer, and then another, and another. Soon there was a small herd of eight deer making their way down the neighbor's hill.

They approached the property line, barbed wire fence tentatively, just a few at first. Then one jumped the fence and the others followed quickly.

They proceeded south just below the hill on our side of the property were it was difficult to follow them. Then, without any warning, they all trotted toward our garden below the apartment. They were moving as a group, but not quickly.

I thought I'd have time to fetch a camera and get back to the window. I was wrong. By the time I had camera in hand the deer had already bolted into the woods.

All I could do was point and press. Here's what I got.