The Fruits Of Summer ...

“If you are not filled with overflowing love, compassion and goodwill for all creatures living wild in nature, you will never know true happiness.”

               ~ Paul Oxton

                 ~ founder & director of 

                Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation

My favorite white-tailed deer doe enjoys an apple in early July, painting a sweet sight as sunset draws near in the park in summer, my most favorite of seasons.

I’ve been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns since 2012, and it’s a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.

 

 

Steppin' It Up ...

“Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.”

     ~ Bazmark “Baz” Luhrmann

        ~ born 1962

    ~Australian director, writer & producer, who is director of “Elvis,” an upcoming biographical drama film about the great Elvis Presley from a screenplay written by Luhrmann & Craig Pearce

My favorite white-tailed deer button buck – Buttons, as I call him – steps it up and eyes his apple just before he goes for it and enjoys his snack on a mid-January evening in the park in this selective color shot.

I began photographing Buttons as a precious white-spotted fawn, then a sweet button buck and then a beautiful yearling until he migrated away in January 2020. Along the way I tossed him many apples, which he loved eating. It’s a true joy and blessing to me personally and as a photographer to have watched this white-tailed deer grow.