Fall

Today was a great fall day. It was very cold out. . .in the low 40's. I watch my friend's 2-year-old little boy on Fridays, and we had a wonderful time discovering what fall is supposed to be like today! We have had a couple of very warm autumns here in Pennsylvania. This year, brisk weather came fast. And with it came jackets, hats, cold and runny noses, and fingers too cold to hold the dog's leash. It also brought deer very close to the house. After we went inside to warm up, we noticed a couple of deer close to the windows and we decided to watch them. They seemed to be very interested in the leaves and berries at the edge of the garden, and one by one, most of them came to eat just feet from where we were watching them. There were ten of them, but three does stayed farther away under another tree. One big doe was bullying the rest of them. She even took her hoof and pushed one little one out of the way! Those must be some great leaves they were eating! One of the other large does under the tree stood up on her hind legs and sniffed the air. We had been smelling the sure signs of fall ourselves earlier in the day, smelling the fallen leaves and the start of a rain shower. The little boy was so fun to watch while he was observing the deer outside of his house- he talked directly to them, turning the lamp on for them so that they could see better! He talks to everything. . .trees, water, deer. It's a nice reminder that the world is full of sentient beings who are all affected by the change of the seasons and the turning of the wheel of the year.