A Magical day in May. . : I bought my first digital camera in 2005. It was a point and shoot Kodak. It wasn't expensive, less than $100 if I can remember. I think maybe 6mb sensor...

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A Magical day in May. . .

Apr 29, 2019 13:31:17 #

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I bought my first digital camera in 2005. It was a point and shoot Kodak. It wasn't expensive, less than $100 if I can remember. I think maybe 6mb sensor size, but I was hooked. I took lots of pictures with that little Kodak.

Not long after I started, in the end of May I went to a little nature preserve not far from my home. It was a glorious spring day. . .sunny. . . perfectly warm. . . trees and flowers blooming. Way off the usual trails, there is a little wetland section of the nature preserve. I've been back there many dozens of times and have never seen evidence of another person.

There is this tall swamp grass. When in full summer growth, it is six feet tall or more. At the base of one of these swamp grass clumps, I spotted a box turtle doing something. I got on my belly and took a few shots of him, while laying there I noticed how wonderfully soft and dry the old swamp grass was. I could have easily been comfortable taking a nap there.

I thought to myself, what a perfect spot this would be for a deer to have a fawn. I stood up, walked a few paces, and kicked up a doe. She ran maybe 25 yards and turned around and just stared at me. . . and I knew. . . I walked where she had come from, and a most magical. . . holy. . . moment.

I found twin newborn fawns laying on the old swamp grass. I was overcome with emotion. I literally began weeping, as I snapped a few pictures before quickly departing. I felt so very privileged to see something like that. . . I will never forget it. . . It's been 14 years, and I still revere those moments spent with those twin fawns. . . <3