snapshots (4) three bambis and a sapsucker in an aspen tree

[plantgirl]

One end of the lake has a grove of aspen. There are many many birds in the grove. Mostly I hear them and cannot find them among the leaves, but a movement at eye-level in a tree by the trail makes me pause. It is a woodpecker. Most of the woodpeckers local to where I live are black and white, with tiny splashes of red. The bird a few feet from

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[poets_hand]

When I went on my retreat to Shambala Mountain Center there were many deer there. They were used to peace- and animal-loving Buddhists, so they didn't move when you walked along the path. They just went about their business, keeping an eye on you as you pass. It was an incredibly peaceful feeling, as you describe here.

::tee hee:: for the double puns.