oh, deer.

this juvenile greeted me upon arrival in connecticut about a week ago. it looked at us as we stared at him (her?) for quite a few moments. there is this strange sense of excitement paired with sadness when i see a deer, especially in the suburbs. upon first thought, deer seem out of place and foreign, so exciting. but then, of course, it seems so natural that they be there, so it becomes sad. that, and that so many are victims to speeding cars. that's why i am glad this guy was in plain sight and we had plenty of time for us to admire him, and he had plenty of time to get his bearings, figure things out, and make his way out of the street and off into the woods....