A Visit From Old Friends

Our friends Kaye and Jamie bought me Amavida Coffee, Baroque Blend for my birthday and I decided to give it a pre-birthday whirl. I poured the beans into our ancient grinder and hit the button. It screamed like a tiny weed eater. When it finished, I removed the lid, I held it up close and sniffed the aroma. If I were a better writer, maybe I could come up with something more eloquent than "dang, this stuff smells good!"

It smelled even better as it brewed. Jilda always sleeps in until the coffee's ready but this morning she got a whiff and stumbled out of bed to investigate.

As we sat quietly sipping (I've learned to keep my mouth shut until she's fully awake), I heard her do a sharp intake of breath. My eyes followed her gaze out the front windows and there stood three deer not twenty feet away. 

It's been a while since they've visited. Back during the summer, they came almost daily to drink from our birdbath and lick up seed from the bird feeders, but they made themselves scarce during hunting season.

I grabbed my iPhone to shoot a picture, but by the time I got it turned on and shot this picture, two of the deer had moved out of view.

I'm not sure there is a better way to start the day than with a great cup of coffee and a visit from old friends.