Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation. This is Forest Stories.
I am the Poet in the Forest, a children's series that I pinned
out in the nineteen nineties. Now, none of it would be possible if
it wasn't for this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina. I
talk about it so much that I thought maybe it's time that you get to
know what has inspired me for thirty years. Thanks for being a part of
the conversation. Welcome back to the forest out here on this path, and
I've come across three dough who are feasting morning breakfast. Yeah. I remember
when I first came to this forest in nineteen ninety two. There were always
road signs, you know, warning people of the deer. And I remember
my daughter looking at me while we were driving to school. Do you think
there's deer in this forest? And I kind of laughed it off. I
said, I think it's just a salesman's tool. I think those signs are
just saying, oh wow, all of these trees. We can sell some
property if we make it look like the deer here. And I got to
be honest with you, several years went by before the deer started to appear
or we started seeing them, mainly because of all of the construction that was
outside this forest. They drove them to this forest, and because we chose
to protect this land. But to see these dough this morning, three of
them, just very calmly enjoying breakfast. I'm probably maybe seven feet from them.
Their big gigantic eyes, huge ears, a white tail, and nothing's
bothering them. It's just the sound of spring and the deer eating their leaves,
their grass. So many people they didn't want them, and boy did
I ever get chastised. A few years back, I gave them corn.
I was feeding them during the winter months when there was cold snow on the
ground. The winds were whipping and I thought they need to eat, so
I went out and got deer corn. And so many neighbors were so upset
with me because I did that. And today, which is really interesting,
there are three or four different neighbors that are doing it. Those were neighbors
that came after me because I was feeding the deer. But I'm glad that
they're not looking for the feeders right now, and that in this forest on
this particular day, they are enjoying all that green. Hey. Thanks for
being a part of the conversation,