It's a deer, in the yard!

During Elly's birthday party, one of our friends asked if we see deer in our yard. As long as we've lived here, I had to say "no". They're around. I see them while I'm at work. There's a herd of elk down the road. But we've never seen deer in the yard. Raccoons, yep, 'possum, check, snakes and bunnies, lots, rogue dogs and cats, by the herd. But squirrels and deer, nope... And then, just a couple days later, we see this-



He stayed long enough to lie around for awhile, get up, eat some greens, eye me suspiciously, and then slowly wander off.

Seeing as how we live where we do, I fully expected to hear a lone gunshot shortly thereafter... but it never came. I guess he made it another day. Elly was super excited and watched until he left.