The first has such a mournfulness quality to it, a feeling that often overcomes a gardener at the end of season, when the winter is knocking. Your second may have just prompted a poem of my own - I've been a bit stumped. Bloody dirt, everywhere!
I love the image of the deer waiting. I had a similar moment driving up from the coast at dusk on Saturday night - two huge roos in the middle of the road, watching. It was for all the world like they were ready to hold court in the middle of the road, and were just waiting for me to pass.
Reading your comment, I just realized how little I know about kangaroos. Growing up, deer were a common sight. I can imagine them holding court in the middle of the road the way you say the kangaroos that you saw the other night did. I can imagine them nibbling on leafy greens and destroying a garden.
But when I substitute deer for kangaroos, suddenly I wonder, are the kangaroos upright, or are they leaning forward on all fours like deer would be? Do they even stand like that? Are they a pest to farmers like deer can be? Do you have to build fences to keep them out of your garden?
So many questions. 🤣
Kangaroos are the equivalent of deer, though if you have an ordinary fence they don't seem to intentionally jump over to eat your veggies! They are absolutely pests to farmers, and in boom times they reach plague proportions.
They stand upright on their muscley tails and hind legs.
When I was in the UK, the deer reminded me of the roos. They can have that big square face too. And they can stare at you from the edges of the day like deer will. There's also different kinds from the smaller wallabies to the large Eastern Greys we have around here and i met on the road.
The red ones are pretty bulky and muscley, especially the males!
The bulky red ones look slightly terrifying. 🤣