Couple of nights ago I had an hour and twenty five minute phone conversation with my one of my best friends and my college roommate at the New York State College of Forestry. Yea, NYS has trees, lots of them. Anyway he emailed some pics that I thought that I would share.

Mel, has a hobby of maintaining trail cameras on the various acreages that he owns and cares for in Western New York. These cameras have the capability of taking pics day and night, thousands of them. The shutter is triggered by motion. They are small and unobtrusive and are generally strapped to a tree trunk in places of likely wildlife activity. This is a great hobby, if you enjoy things wildlife.

Looking at tracks in the snow you wouldn’t know that a particular deer was a piebald, a spotted deer, an anomaly.

Or by looking at the tracks you would never know that this critter was an albino:

Or here is another that I find the truly inspirational. If we see a three legged animal we generally conclude that it was caused by some accident after birth. At least that is my take, opposed to the phenomenon of color mutation which is genetic. I’ve always been fascinated by three legged dogs who carry on with their lives after a trauma and wag their tails like all the others. Anyway if you saw the tracks in the snow of a three legged deer you would see something unusual there but look at this pic. Look closely, there two three legged deer together:

Well, “carrying on” is an important concept in my thinking. And I’m wondering about the amazing healing that took place for those two. Can only imagine that journey that they are on. Well, an inspiration for sure.

Love you as always, Felipe.