Deer On the Run

Cathy and I left our sewing machines at the quilt retreat long enough to take a walk down the road.  We were admiring the beautiful scenery around us — hills, trees, deer, horses — when a huge commotion suddenly grabbed our attention.

I wasn’t sure what was happening, but someone was yelling, lots of animals were running, and you could hear a mad scramble of fear.  We turned around and saw a deer running across the road and someone was yelling at the deer, or so I thought.  As it turned out, they were yelling at the dog that was chasing the deer.    It bounded across the road and over the fence.

Then it continued through the field of horses, startling them.

This caused a stampede of horses, as they were all frightened.

We watched helplessly as one of the horses went skidding across the ice and fell on its side.  Finally everything calmed down again and we made our way on down to the sign and back, but I was worried about that horse.  Later we wished we had told someone about the horse falling down; what if it hurt its leg or something?  He may be nursing some sore muscles for a few days, poor thing.

At any rate, it certainly was a beautiful, warm day with the sun shining and we were glad we took the time to take a walk!