I'm currently doing my damndest to avoid anything the do with the news or the election results so I've been going through my photos that don't have anything to do with politics. I reckon critter photos are about as far from that as you can get and still be on the internet so I rounded up a few of those for y'all this evening. These first two are from my trip to Santa Fe a couple years ago, the lady milking the goat was our airbnb host. She was definitely the most interesting host I've had, she raised chickens and goats, taught yoga, had lived in ashrams for decades, and was also an author of several books.
Growing up I hunted a lot but living in the city has put quite the damper on that. Most of the time I make do by shooting critters with a camera but sometimes I miss having squirrel and dumplings. All the old hunting skills do come in quite handy when I'm trying to get close enough to get the photo I want though. City squirrels will also let you get a hell of a lot closer to them than their rural cousins, I was always doing good to get much closer than 50 yards from one in the woods.
This final critter is a mule deer that I came upon while out hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. Growing up in eastern Kentucky, white-tailed deer were all you would see, I'd never seen a mule deer before I made it to RMNP. (Mule deer are just found in the western part of the United States) I wonder if the venison tastes different from the white-tails? Any of y'all out there tried both?
Anybody else out there trying to avoid election ruckus too? I'm not especially worried about the outcome (if voting actually changed things they'd make it illegal, no?) but the incessant coverage gets old fast. If you know of a good distraction, drop me a comment, I'm always in the market for new ones!
