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We're hiking this same valley this weekend, so I'm manifesting another Mule Deer buck in a landscape frame filled with Ponderosa Pine forest eye candy...and Zen.

We're hiking this same valley this weekend, so I'm manifesting another Mule Deer buck in a landscape frame filled with Ponderosa Pine forest eye candy...and Zen.

"The mountains are calling
and I must go..."
~John Muir, letter to his sister, September 3, 1873

๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ I hear it too, so I took off and we're headed up early! Have a wonderful weekend in Nature! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

#Scape
#GreenTherapy
#WeekendVibes
#ForestFriday
#Photography
#GetOutThere
#Hiking
#Eck

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Another look back in portrait from the Mule Deer buck I named Poker Face, with one huge ear sunlit and the other shaded, as he climbs up the forested hillside filling out the frame...which kinda has a little hidden yin/yang vibe going on. Am I right? ;~)

Another look back in portrait from the Mule Deer buck I named Poker Face, with one huge ear sunlit and the other shaded, as he climbs up the forested hillside filling out the frame...which kinda has a little hidden yin/yang vibe going on. Am I right? ;~)

One day you'll look back
and realise how hard it was,
and just how well you did.
~Charlie Mackesy

๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟโ˜ฏ๏ธ

#Eck
#Scape
#Mammals
#LookingAtYou
#Photography
#WildlifeWednesday
#ImageAndVerse
#GreenTherapy
#Wildlife
#Zen

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A "Y"-shaped Ponderosa Pine tree in the Hualapai Mountains of Arizona.

A "Y"-shaped Ponderosa Pine tree in the Hualapai Mountains of Arizona.

Why
do you stay
in prison
when the door
is so wide open?
~Rumi

๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ Contemplate this on the Tree of Y... #ThickTrunkTuesday

#BlueTue
#BlueSky
#Treehuggers
#GreenTherapy
#GetOutThere
#Photography
#Eck

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I also did up a black and white of this frame, cropped in close, but I like the color and the way he pops off the screen in the landscape original...Poker Face, the Mule Deer buck, looking into your soul a bit. Zen.

I also did up a black and white of this frame, cropped in close, but I like the color and the way he pops off the screen in the landscape original...Poker Face, the Mule Deer buck, looking into your soul a bit. Zen.

When I look into the eyes of an animal,
I do not see an animal.
I see a living being.
I see a friend.
I feel a soul.
~Anthony Douglas Williams

๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ #GetOutThere... make some friends. ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ I'm headed West! ๐Ÿซถ

#Eck
#Scape
#WeekendVibes
#GreenTherapy
#Photography
#ForestFriday
#Mammals
#LookingAtYou

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Following a trail up over a knoll and into a stand of Ponderosa Pines reaching for the clouds and blue sky above...

Following a trail up over a knoll and into a stand of Ponderosa Pines reaching for the clouds and blue sky above...

I took a walk in the woods
and came out taller than the trees.
~Henry David Thoreau

๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ

#TreeScape
#TreeHuggers
#GreenTherapy
#ThickTrunkThursday
#ForestFriday
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#Hiking

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When I say green therapy... that buck I showed ya earlier glances down to the ravine below, giving away the location of the rest of today's deer...

When I say green therapy... that buck I showed ya earlier glances down to the ravine below, giving away the location of the rest of today's deer...

The doe I spied first, with the forested slope of Aspen Peak in bokeh for a background...I like it.

The doe I spied first, with the forested slope of Aspen Peak in bokeh for a background...I like it.

The doe is eating that bright green bush, and a Raven flew in and hung out with her! Mind blown.

The doe is eating that bright green bush, and a Raven flew in and hung out with her! Mind blown.

Said Raven, cawing...

Said Raven, cawing...

๐Ÿซถ ...a whole thread of deer I met today for #MammalMonday. ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ There's even birds. ๐Ÿชถ

Wanna come along?

A ๐Ÿงต, 2/4๐Ÿ‘‡ #Hiking #Photography #Eck

1) That #greentherapy buck has a bad poker face
2) The doe he was looking at
3) The doe is hungry and has a friend
4) Ca-caw! says the friend #corvids

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A young Mule Deer buck meets us face to face in a clearing...turns out he was standing watch over some does down in the ravine, not pictured. I managed not to spook this fella though, so I got to meet the ladies too.

A young Mule Deer buck meets us face to face in a clearing...turns out he was standing watch over some does down in the ravine, not pictured. I managed not to spook this fella though, so I got to meet the ladies too.

#SundayVibes: Glorious morning up on the mountain for #GreenTherapy! ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ

Deer, squirrels, and birds...and not another soul. Zen. ๐Ÿซ 

I'll make ya a thread later, since my deer radar went off several times...๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

#Stunday
#Hiking
#Photography
#GetOutThere

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Under the pines, where it's cool...

Under the pines, where it's cool...

Vibe check...๐ŸŒฟ

#NoPlanetB
#SaturdayVibes
#GreenTherapy
#TreeHuggers

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Deer: Find a cool spot to lay down in the forest and some hippie sticks a camera in your piehole. 
Me: That's a first year fawn, bedded down with the forest in bokeh for background. Decent size ears, looking at the camera...Zen.
You: Another deer laying down...this guy...but it's easy on the eyes, I'll give it a like.

Deer: Find a cool spot to lay down in the forest and some hippie sticks a camera in your piehole. Me: That's a first year fawn, bedded down with the forest in bokeh for background. Decent size ears, looking at the camera...Zen. You: Another deer laying down...this guy...but it's easy on the eyes, I'll give it a like.

Arizona. We're having a bit of an early heat wave...๐ŸŒก๏ธ๐Ÿ˜…

...so let's #scape for some #ForestFriday #WeekendVibes!

๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ It's a LOT cooler under the pines above 5,500', so that's where we're headin'! Have a wonderful weekend in Nature peeps!! ๐Ÿซถ

๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

#GreenTherapy
#Photography
#Mammals
#LookingAtYou
#ECK

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Looking up the white trunks of the Quaking Aspens that survived the wildfire on Aspen Peak in the Hualapai mountains

Looking up the white trunks of the Quaking Aspens that survived the wildfire on Aspen Peak in the Hualapai mountains

Time spent amongst trees is never wasted.
~Katrina Mayer

๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ #GetOutThere... ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

#GreenTherapy
#ThickTrunkThursday
#YellowThu
#ForestFriday
#Photography
#Treehuggers
#TreeScape
#Scape
#ECK

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A serene Mule Deer takes a break from foraging to look over at the camera from the dappled light and shade under Ponderosa Pines in portrait. I shared this as a black and white edit before, but I like it this way too ;~p

A serene Mule Deer takes a break from foraging to look over at the camera from the dappled light and shade under Ponderosa Pines in portrait. I shared this as a black and white edit before, but I like it this way too ;~p

Concentrate on the Essence,
concentrate on the light.
~Rumi

๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒ„

#GetOutThere
#GreenTherapy
#ForestFriday
#WeekendVibes
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#Mammals
#Scape

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Engaging with a new environment โ€” even temporarily โ€” increases cognitive flexibility and enhances our ability to absorb new information. These benefits are linked to changes in dopamine signaling and brain wave patterns, which support our brainโ€™s capacity to reset, recharge, and rewire. I will assume that since you are looking at this on your phone or laptop, that you need some green therapy desperately, so I've shared an image of a Mother Mule Deer and her fawns moving up trail along a dry creek bed through tall golden grasses with colorful foliage painting the surrounding trees. Zen for the eyes.

Engaging with a new environment โ€” even temporarily โ€” increases cognitive flexibility and enhances our ability to absorb new information. These benefits are linked to changes in dopamine signaling and brain wave patterns, which support our brainโ€™s capacity to reset, recharge, and rewire. I will assume that since you are looking at this on your phone or laptop, that you need some green therapy desperately, so I've shared an image of a Mother Mule Deer and her fawns moving up trail along a dry creek bed through tall golden grasses with colorful foliage painting the surrounding trees. Zen for the eyes.

๐Ÿ“– Neuroscientific research has shown that a change of scenery can have powerful effects on the brain. Novel environments โ€” especially natural ones โ€” stimulate the brainโ€™s learning and memory centers. Cont. in Alt Text*

๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿ‚

#SaturdayVibes
#GreenTherapy
#GetOutThere
#Scape

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Layers of color in the clouds along this morning's eastern horizon.

Layers of color in the clouds along this morning's eastern horizon.

This stately Ponderosa Pine marks the entrance to a favorite valley on Aspen Peak, covered in Ponderosas and full of Elk and Deer...not pictured.

This stately Ponderosa Pine marks the entrance to a favorite valley on Aspen Peak, covered in Ponderosas and full of Elk and Deer...not pictured.

One of those deep-in-the-woods shots, with the pines above all backlit in Arizona sunshine. The enormous boulders offer shade and rock climbing.

One of those deep-in-the-woods shots, with the pines above all backlit in Arizona sunshine. The enormous boulders offer shade and rock climbing.

Catching a Western Bluebird in the wild (not a feeder-birb) is always a challenge, and today I got one with the typical bluebird attitude and super-intense backlighting in this afternoon's sun. Zen birding!

Catching a Western Bluebird in the wild (not a feeder-birb) is always a challenge, and today I got one with the typical bluebird attitude and super-intense backlighting in this afternoon's sun. Zen birding!

๐ŸŒฟ Doing this weekend's #GreenTherapy skeet a little differently...not a thread, just 4 snaps...kind of a Day in the Life, thru my lens...๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

1) Sunrise ๐Ÿ”ฅ
2) Hiking a valley on Aspen Peak โ›ฐ๏ธ
3) The trees we hugged ๐ŸŒฒ
4) An intensely-backlit bluebird I met ๐Ÿฆ

#SkyCandy
#Hiking
#Treehuggers
#Bluebirds ๐Ÿชถ

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Centered in a landscape frame of lush forest in dappled light, lays the unmistakable silhouette of a dozing Mule Deer doe, resting in the shade. Zen in black and white.

Centered in a landscape frame of lush forest in dappled light, lays the unmistakable silhouette of a dozing Mule Deer doe, resting in the shade. Zen in black and white.

Come home to the forest...
where thoughts find rest,
and calm comes to nest.
~Bidushee Phukan

๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ

#Scape
#Treescape
#ForestFriday
#GreenTherapy
#WeekendVibes
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#ClassicMono
#Mammals

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Did you just call my trunk thick?? ...says a Mule Deer looking back over her rump from the far side of a clearing in the forest.

Did you just call my trunk thick?? ...says a Mule Deer looking back over her rump from the far side of a clearing in the forest.

Fesshole: On twitter, in an effort to find any excuse to get more of my deer pix into the timeline, I used to sneak deer into my Tuesday or Thursday treehugger skeets...

๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฒ

...good times. ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜‰

#ThickTrunkThursday
#Treehuggers
#Mammals
#LookingAtYou
#GreenTherapy
#Photography

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Thumb Butte or Finger Rock on the left, you can see the little trail we're heading for at the base of the saddle.

Thumb Butte or Finger Rock on the left, you can see the little trail we're heading for at the base of the saddle.

Closer now, still enjoying the wildflowers painting the desert hills

Closer now, still enjoying the wildflowers painting the desert hills

Catch your breath, it's steep and loose scree climbing up, the view down to the casinos in Laughlin and our trail below this monolith.

Catch your breath, it's steep and loose scree climbing up, the view down to the casinos in Laughlin and our trail below this monolith.

And looking over to the really remote part of the Black Mountains under streaky blue skies. Thanks for coming along!

And looking over to the really remote part of the Black Mountains under streaky blue skies. Thanks for coming along!

Today's hike:

1) "Finger Rock" comes into view
2) Closer now...โ›ฐ๏ธ
3) After climbing, enjoy the views down to the casinos of Laughlin along the Colorado River
4) And the remote section of the Black Mountains

3/3 ๐Ÿงต๐ŸŒฟ Thx for joining along! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

#Scape
#Hiking
#MountainMonday
#EastCoastKin
#GreenTherapy

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Two landscapes to set the scene, The rugged Black Mountains are painted with wildflowers right now...

Two landscapes to set the scene, The rugged Black Mountains are painted with wildflowers right now...

...our trail meanders through some rolling terrain, flowers everywhere you look.

...our trail meanders through some rolling terrain, flowers everywhere you look.

Like these desert marigolds and Lupines or bluebonnets

Like these desert marigolds and Lupines or bluebonnets

Pretty sure that's a Bluebonnet...followers know about me and flowers though.

Pretty sure that's a Bluebonnet...followers know about me and flowers though.

Today's hike:

1) The rugged Black Mountains
2) Accessible via jeep trail so the hiking's easy
3) Desert Marigolds and Bluebonnets, everywhere!
4) A single Bluebonnet ๐Ÿ’™

2/3 ๐Ÿงต๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒผ

#Hiking
#FlowerReport
#Bloomscrolling
#SundayYellow
#GreenTherapy
#SundayVibes

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Today's destination in the Black Mountains, "Thumb Butte" or as the locals call it "Finger Rock"...because it looks like someone giving the finger from certain angles, duh...just up the hill from all the vibrant desert marigolds in bloom across the desert this morning...

Today's destination in the Black Mountains, "Thumb Butte" or as the locals call it "Finger Rock"...because it looks like someone giving the finger from certain angles, duh...just up the hill from all the vibrant desert marigolds in bloom across the desert this morning...

SPRING has already sprung...๐ŸŒผโ›ฐ๏ธ๐ŸŒต

...over in the Black Mountains of Arizona. So today we hiked out to 'Finger Rock'...officially named Thumb Butte, to enjoy the #wildflowers! ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŒฟ Wanna come along? I took some pix! 1/3 ๐Ÿงต

#Hiking
#FlowerReport
#Bloomscrolling
#SundayYellow
#GreenTherapy
#SundayVibes

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There goes Gordo, the Great Blue Heron of Lynx Lake, flying away from the little cove that I just shot his session in. The dam is at the other end of this little gem of a lake.

There goes Gordo, the Great Blue Heron of Lynx Lake, flying away from the little cove that I just shot his session in. The dam is at the other end of this little gem of a lake.

๐ŸŒฟ Cheetah piss. ๐ŸŒฟ #FridayVibes

That's right. IYKYK. Have a sweet #FlyDay! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ธ The ass end of Gordo, the Great Blue Heron of Lynx Lake

#BirdOfTheDay
#WingsOverWater
#BirdInFlight
#Scape
#GETOUTTHERE
#GreenTherapy

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The woods below the peak we'll be hiking through the fresh snow in, hoping for a critter or two...

The woods below the peak we'll be hiking through the fresh snow in, hoping for a critter or two...

We got snow on the mountain...so we're headed up...๐Ÿ”๏ธ

...wish me luck! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

๐ŸŒฒโ„๏ธ๐ŸŒฒ

#Hiking
#ThickTrunkThursday
#GreenTherapy
#GetOutThere
#Treehuggers
#Treescape
#Snowscape
#Scape

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Hey, look! A cute Wapiti, or Elk...looking at you from the dappled light under the pines today...

Hey, look! A cute Wapiti, or Elk...looking at you from the dappled light under the pines today...

...and she was eating grass while sticking her eyeball into the sunlight.

...and she was eating grass while sticking her eyeball into the sunlight.

Then we spied a shady Mule Deer, so I naturally framed her...naturally, between two pines.

Then we spied a shady Mule Deer, so I naturally framed her...naturally, between two pines.

๐ŸŒฟ We went up the hill after lunch to see if manifesting large ungulates really works, and...it does!! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ #GreenTherapy

๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸฆŒ Hiked a few miles...met a shady Elk, and an even shadier Mule Deer! #GetOutThere #SundayVibes

๐ŸซตThanks, if you were manifesting too! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™

#Mammals
#LookingAtYou
#Photography

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Wrangling most, if not all, of this bunch of Mule Deer in the dappled light of the forest to ALL look at the camera at the same time without spooking any off into the woods was a delicate matter of using just the right kissy sound. Fact. I was gonna hit you with a hawk, but I'm manifesting up some deer on the mountain this weekend. Maybe if you envision me seeing deer too...focus...that's right...all together now...:~p

Wrangling most, if not all, of this bunch of Mule Deer in the dappled light of the forest to ALL look at the camera at the same time without spooking any off into the woods was a delicate matter of using just the right kissy sound. Fact. I was gonna hit you with a hawk, but I'm manifesting up some deer on the mountain this weekend. Maybe if you envision me seeing deer too...focus...that's right...all together now...:~p

Keep your face
always toward the sun
and the shadows
will fall behind you.
~Walt Whitman

๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ

#Sunlight
#ForestFriday
#BlueSkyArtShow
#WildlifePhotography
#Photography
#Mammals
#LookingAtYou
#EastCoastKin
#ImageAndVerse
#LightAndShadow
#GreenTherapy
#Scape

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A solitary Mule Deer stands in the shade of a huge Ponderosa Pine with an empty clearing in the forest surrounding her.

A solitary Mule Deer stands in the shade of a huge Ponderosa Pine with an empty clearing in the forest surrounding her.

You can only lose
something that you have,
but you cannot lose
something that you are.
~Eckhart Tolle

๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ May you find wonder in Nature this weekend! ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ

#GetOutThere
#GreenTherapy
#WeekendVibes
#MentalHealthMatters
#Mammals
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#ForestFriday
#TreeScape
#Scape

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A shimmering pine forest backlit in afternoon light spilling down the mountain slope invites you to explore the cool shadows.

A shimmering pine forest backlit in afternoon light spilling down the mountain slope invites you to explore the cool shadows.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed,
and to have my senses put in order.
~John Burroughs

๐ŸŒฟ

#GetOutThere
#GreenTherapy
#ThickTrunkThursday
#MentalHealthMatters
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#ForestFriday
#TreeScape
#Scape

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A shady Mule Deer hides in plain sight behind a Ponderosa Pine and a boulder

A shady Mule Deer hides in plain sight behind a Ponderosa Pine and a boulder

Beauty surrounds us,
but usually we need to be walking
in a garden to know it.
~Rumi

๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ Have a wonderful weekend in Nature! ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ

#Scape
#GetOutThere
#GreenTherapy
#ForestFriday
#WeekendVibes
#EastCoastKin
#Mammals

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Sure, you see the deer standing in the path through the forest looking back at you, but did you see her friend hiding in the bush?

Sure, you see the deer standing in the path through the forest looking back at you, but did you see her friend hiding in the bush?

Enjoy the little things,
for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things.
~Robert Breault

๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธDeer peeps! Hope you've enjoyed my "Deer Week!" #Getoutthere and have a sweet weekend in Nature! #WeekendVibes ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ

#Scape
#ForestFriday
#GreenTherapy
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#Mammals

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Sometimes, pausing is just as important as moving forward. ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฒ
เธšเธฒเธ‡เธ„เธฃเธฑเน‰เธ‡... เธเธฒเธฃเธซเธขเธธเธ”เธžเธฑเธ เธเน‡เธชเธณเธ„เธฑเธเธžเธญเน† เธเธฑเธšเธเธฒเธฃเธเน‰เธฒเธงเธ•เนˆเธญเน„เธ›๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฒ
#NaturePhotography #ForestVibes #MensFashion #OutdoorLife #GreenTherapy #ThailandTravel #PortraitPhotography #เธ˜เธฃเธฃเธกเธŠเธฒเธ•เธดเธšเธณเธšเธฑเธ”

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Did you hear that??

๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ Hope you have a sweet #TinyTuesday deer peeps...I'm helping someone move! ๐Ÿคจ

#GreenTherapy
#MammalMonday
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#Mammals
#LookingAtYou

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The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes... across canyons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.
~John Muir

#SundayVibes
#GreenTherapy

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A cute Mule Deer fawn pokes her head up from behind a boulder to check out the humans 'ooh-ing' and 'ahh-ing' at her from down the hill...I took a few, so there'll be some deer pix filling the timeline for awhile...

A cute Mule Deer fawn pokes her head up from behind a boulder to check out the humans 'ooh-ing' and 'ahh-ing' at her from down the hill...I took a few, so there'll be some deer pix filling the timeline for awhile...

Not one antler in sight today...๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฟ

...but we had a glorious afternoon with the Mule Deer fawns and does! ๐Ÿฅฐ

๐Ÿ‘ฃ I wandered us right into a bunch and they didn't mind. Counted 8 total, with 2 cute fawns for some sweet Zen on the mountain. ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ #GreenTherapy #GetOutThere

#Hiking
#Photography
#Mammals

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