It was the youth deer season over the weekend and my middle grandson, Bronson (6), had shot a little button buck. It was his first and he was really excited. I decided to see if I could get any shots of deer with the camera. First I saw two magnificent bucks but they were about 1/2 mile away. It looked like they were going to do battle. I turned around to get their picture, but while I was focusing one of them ran away and the other stepped into the timber, It was quite a site with the sun shining on their antlers and the bean field where they were standing. I took a photo anyway and you can make out the buck in the timber at a high magnification. I saw another buck but it was too dark to get a shot. I also saw a little deer right in front of my truck. If I hadn't hit the brakes I would have had a deer as well.

There was a pond and a hillside covered with geese but they were a little off in the distance as well. I did get a shot of them. It was about this time that I saw this scene. It looked like it could be anywhere in the world. Even Africa. I could imagine all kinds of wild animals running around in the darkness while the sun was setting. I did very little to this shot other then resizing. I hope it looks good on your monitors because it really looks nice on mine. Hopefully it is not too dark for your tastes. My wife said this should be "The Tree" for the song I have on you tube. Maybe she's right. Enjoy.

I found this photo in my golf bag and it made me wonder what happened to Chip. He is approaching a year old and first appeared in the Horsing Around series in Chapter Five. I think this will make the fifth time he has appeared making him even more famous than Junior. If you would like to take a stroll through the series you can go here and work your way backwards. I still see his dad (Everett) and mom (Penny), but Chip has moved on to hopefully greener pastures. I might have to recruit the Malta Falcon to help me again. I heard Bogie let him go because of the economy. Plus he was stealing oats.

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This mare is Buttercup and she use to be a rescue horse until the right people got her away from the torture she was enduring...she is now "Enjoying Life".
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The horses whinnied at me the other day and just like I predicted, they are ready to talk. The last time I saw them they were still reluctant to tell me about Chip and his whereabouts. They had mentioned a filly knew where he was but they thought the Amish had purchased her. Lazy, the one on the left, said she knew for sure the filly knew all about Chip. He also knew the Amish had her because she was in the lot across the road and he saw the whole thing. An Amish buggy showed up a daylight and the filly was tied on behind the buggy. Lazy said the reason she remembered it so well was because the stud pulling the buggy was quite muscular. She thought about jumping the fence to get a closer look but she was afraid she would end up having to work for a living. She liked the lazy life better than a roll in the hay. Crazy agreed with everything Lazy was saying. That is Crazy on the right. Hazy wasn’t too trustful, so she is hiding behind them. If you look hard, you can see Grazy on the hill doing what he does best.

After visiting with them for quite a while, I knew the direction the Amish buggy went and so I started my search. There are not too many Amish in this area so all I had to do was follow the Road Apple Fritters. I couldn’t help but think of Owd Momma and EJ as I saw some fresh ones steaming in the road. Sure enough they led straight to a home where there were buggies and horses of all shapes and sizes. The house was dark, which was not unusual since they don’t have electricity. I like taking pictures there because you don’t have to clone out any lines. I walked down to the barn and started asking if there was a filly that had recently joined their herd. As luck would have it she was in one of the stalls. She was standing in the stall and from the light that was filtering through from the outside I could tell she didn’t care for being Amish. When I asked her about Chip, she started pawing at the floor and I swear I saw a spark in her eye. She said she knew him and knew where he was. When I asked her where, she said: “I will tell you, but there is a condition.” to be continued....................................

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