The Apple Of Their Eyes ...

“You are the sunshine of my life

That’s why I’ll always be around

You are the apple of my eye,

Forever you’ll be in my heart …”

     ~ “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”

                         ~ Stevie Wonder

                     ~1974

My favorite white-tailed deer button buck – Buttons, as I call him, at left, – meets his apple at the same moment as his mama doe in mid-January at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, a site to warm the heart on a winter’s evening.

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.

 

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.