Concerning Deer and Crockpot Stew

Here in Logan, it's common knowledge that deer have free roam about the city. One herd in particular basically live in our back yard and wander around our block and neighborhood. Well, last Thursday, I just happened to be doing homework when I got up and went to the kitchen for a drink of water. When I came back, I looked out our back-room window and lo and behold, there was a deer standing right between our building and the neighboring apartment building, just staring back at me through the window. Needless to say, I grabbed the camera and snapped a few shots. Then I noticed there was another deer so I snapped more shots of the two together. The deer around here are fearless. I was knocking on the window, moving around and moving the blinds up and down just to see if it would scare, but it didn't. It's very unfortunate they've become this way becuse many of them get hit on the road :( But for now, the deer continue to coexist peacefully with us, their human neighbors.

The first deer outside our back window next to the other apartment building.







The other deer was just a few feet to the right of where the first deer had been before it walked over. You would never know this photo was taken out a back window of an apartment building and there's another apartment and other buildings and houses all around. It looks just like I took a picure of some deer in the middle of the forrest, but those just happen to be the bushes seperating our building from the house next door :) cool effect though....I got a nature shot from the comfort of my own home. Well, that's living the American dream for ya... :)

I don't exatly know what deer #2 is doing....stretching?...mooing?....swallowing....?.......burping....? Haha, You tell me.




Now here's an interesting story. I made crockpot stew today which has a layer of peas on top. I used a whole bag of peas not even thinking about the fact that Patrick hates peas and will do anything to get out of eating them, even if he has to resort to taking 15 minutes of dinnertime to sort them out of his entire serving. By the time I was nearly finished with my stew, he hadn't even tasted his yet, but had come up with this pile of peas that was almost as big as the rest of his serving itself. Now THAT'S dedication. The other half of stew was a big hit, so I will definitely be making it again sometime soon.....just with less peas the next time around. :)