Sure sign that fall is approaching

[vamysteryfan]

Also known as the season where the trees fight back. There are acorns and horse chestnuts falling all over the place. It may be a combo of the dry summer and the recent rainstorms but they've been dropping all over. The horse chestnuts are all spiky so when I get bonked by one of them I definitely feel it.

I'm dogsitting this week in upper Northwest. Tonight we were out for walkies about sunset when suddenly four! deer jumped out of the trees across the street, ran across, and disappeared into the trees in front of me. They were so graceful and so unexpected. It's a pretty urban area. (Check Google maps for the intersection of Mass Ave and Macomb Ave. in northwest DC if you're curious). Anyway, now I need to remember my camera in case it happens again.

Comments

[snycock]

Oh, how cool! Hopefully the dogs didn't try to go off after them...

[vamysteryfan]

I think they were as surprised as I was :) I really thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.

[bluewolf458]

It's amazing where you can see deer... though even in a rural area you don't often see them. I haven't been seeing as many here as I did a few years ago. Beautiful animals!

[vamysteryfan]

I think they are more common in Virginia. There was an incident a few years ago where a deer somehow got the White House lawn. This was a first time for me seeing them in DC though.