jogging # 25

[supercheesegirl]

Jogging, my friends, was exciting this morning! I got started a little late, so my plan was to cut through the park as usual and then take Harvard Ave straight home to save a little time (rather than going over by the co-op, which is my usual route these days). So I cut through the park, and there's a bunny who hops right across my path, his little tail all white flashing around. I'm delighted. And I turn and head up Harvard Ave towards home, and there's a deer. A deer is just standing there at the corner of Harvard and Amherst, like she's waiting for a taxi or something. We are shocked to see each other. I say good morning, and she looks nervous, but I keep on going and we keep on looking at each other and then I'm past her looking over my shoulder. I'm thinking, awesome! I love it when I see a deer. So I get a little bit past the intersection and I stop and look back, and I guess once I was past she gave the signal because out of the woods on the other side of the street come running two fawns. Then run over to her and they start nursing. At this point I am stopped dead in the middle of the road looking back. Then a car starts coming up Harvard Ave towards us, and I am immediately worried about the deer, but the driver must see them because the car slows way, way down. The deer take off, not into the woods, but up Amherst for some reason. Maybe they wanted to stop by the co-op. When they're out of sight I turn and start jogging again towards home. After a minute the car that slowed down starts up again and goes slowly past me. The driver is an old lady and we smile at each other.

The rest of my jog was totally thrown off and I had to walk the last block and a half home. But it was really awesome to see the deer.