There's a young White Tail doe in my front yard right now. She's over by the 300 + year old Elm tree eating the apple I ran over with the lawn mower yesterday. Something just startled her and she is over by the small creek that runs down to the pond drinking from it's waters.

Now she's run off because Glenny just pulled in to the driveway, home from work. She was at her closest, 35 feet away from me.

One more reason out of the 1409 reasons why living in the Ozarks out in the middle of absolutely no where is better than living in Sherman Oaks, California 6 blocks from the Galleria.

Speaking of the Galleria, for those of you from the Valley, perhaps you remember the construction of the Sherman Oaks Galleria. I do, because, well, my house was 6 blocks away from the construction site. That was back in the early 80's sometime. Might have been 81 or so. The SOG was not the first mall in the Valley, it was just the best to date at the time. It was 3 stories, which at that point in time was a first in the Valley. It was also the first enclosed mall that did not contain a Sears or JC Penny. It only had upscale department stores.  It had two anchor stores, one at either end. I do not remember which ones they were anymore. That is pushing 25 years ago and a whole lot of water under my bridge.

Lots and lots of water.... too many years and memories. I like deer memories. Deer in my front yard, way better than malls down the street from my house.