Deer Traffic Continues

They don't seem to come every night. The deer do come through our yard on a regular basis.

 

Sunday Night

Last night's deer traffic was heavier than before. We do seem to be surely in a deer trail. 

I'm thinking that I should increase the photo resolution to get more detail. I set them at first to minimize storage, but I would like to see more detail.

Pairs

 At 3 am this pair of deer ran across the lawn.

New Trail Camera

We've always had a lot of deer running through our backyard. sometimes we could  see them at dusk. Sometimes we found the dead deer hit on the road.

So now we have a trail camera installed. I hope we get some good pictures.

 

Last of the Gingko Foliage

 The sun was just right and I was able to see these young gingkoes outside the Allied Health Building in full golden bloom. They will soon be dropping their leaves as can be seen at the tree-top. But they were great today.

Maples and Sky

 A few weeks ago I was taking a walk in Norlo Park. It was a perfect Saturday afternoon with great fall trees and a perfect sky!

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

 I just finished listening to the audiobook version of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story by James McBride. What an amazing story and performance. I am eager now to get the printed version to read. If there was ever a story that every person, and especially young people, should read, this is it.

The story takes place in Pottstown, PA during the 1930s It's about the interactions among the Jewish and African-American residents in the poorer part of town, Chicken Hill. Hanging over them is the prejudice of the Anglo white people who control the economy and life of the town.

The old State Mental Hospital, Pennhurst, looms over the story. One of the reasons I liked this so much is that my daughter and her family live across the Schuylkill River in Spring City. A little over a year ago we went on a tour of the abandoned Pennhurst Hospital. The hospital was spooky enough just from a visit of the old buildings. But to imagine what life may have been like through the experiences of one of the story's main characters and another boy was almost too much to think about. 

As great as this book is, I wonder how many times it has been banned in schools around the country? In today's atmosphere I wouldn't be surprised. Here's a link to the book in Librarything.