I am aware that my blog entries lately have been a little short. Is this the beginning of the end for posting every day I wonder? Sometimes, for a number of reasons, I am just simply not in the mood to wax lyrical on a variety of subjects, and the last few days have been a bit like that. I have been busy, and I think still recovering from this horrible bug, so it has seemed more like a chore than anything else. However, the world seems a brighter place at the moment, and I have awoken with a more positive attitude. I really went at my work today, and managed to achieve quite a lot, and although a large proportion of the day was spent doing unpleasant things, I did manage to do them with a smile on my face. Big news on the deer front, in that we saw three of them on the walk home, so this has given us all sorts of naming and identification issues. We have correctly identified them as Muntjac deer. They were first introduced into the country from China in the early 20th century at Woburn park, so these ones are almost certainly direct descendants of those first settlers. They really are beautiful little creatures, and we love spotting them in the distant woodland of an evening or a morning. Photographing them has been a bit challenging as well, but we will persevere with it. We are planning on an early morning trip to see if we can get some photos. Flitwick Moor is a fascinating little nature reserve and every day that I walk through it I notice something new. I hope these memories are as precious to youngest as they are to me. I shall attempt to upload some images as and when I have time. We discussed the possibility of seeing a baby deer or two in the spring, but i was fascinated to read that they do not actually have a season as it were, and as a result can mate all year round. We will have to keep a careful eye out.
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