Contentment by design - Living - Places photo #1126

When I went out this morning to put some seed on our bird feeder platform, something on the very steep hillside across the way caught my eye. I couldn't understand what I was seeing. Had there been a rockslide that was strangely highlighted by the melting recent icy snowstorm? I got our binoculars to take a better look; it was a herd of perhaps 100 elk standing there, totally still, not even grazing. We've lived here a couple decades and had never previously seen anything like this.

I went out to look again just now. They have since wandered further up and across to the south and are grazing. This is one of the few times when I wish I had a camera with a telephoto lens, but at least this will serve for remembering this afternoon.

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A stylized lion seen from the side, in colors of tan, orange and burnt orange, lying on its belly with its legs stretched out. I imagine it purring. The lion has been my personal mark for this website for many years.

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