Early light and deer surprise

 At 4:30 this morning light coming through the windows woke me up. I was ready to see deer, so on went the jeans, socks, shirt, overshirt and camera for a walkabout. No deer.

Back inside I read for a while about puffins, which, to my surprise, actually nest on two islands off the coast of Maine. I didn't know much about puffins; I thought they lived in the far, far North and more on the Pacific coast. I didn't know they flew. Well, they do fly, since most of the year they live out at sea and their nesting ground (and I mean ground, they lay their eggs in holes in the ground) can be 60 miles away.There is a whole lot of information about the Atlantic Puffin if you are interested, here .

About that time, Laurie came down the stairs, started to say good morning and then just said, very quietly, "MJ," while pointing out the window behind my back. I knew immediately what she meant and turned to see a big doe not far from the window. Of course, my camera was in the kitchen (where I'd left it in case I saw a deer out the kitchen sliding doors), but I got it in time to catch Ms. Doe heading back to the woods - about 30 feet away...

Which was pretty funny. So remember; watch your back, you never know what might be right behind you!

Sunday women, have a great day on the water! I miss you all.