{"id":1557,"date":"2011-05-10T01:05:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T01:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2011-12-14T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T11:20:08","slug":"urban-sprawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=1557","title":{"rendered":"Urban Sprawl?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Living here in the East Kootenay&#8217;s . . . nestled in the neck of the Rockies, we often have an excess of animals at our doors.<\/p>\n<p>Skunks. <em>Sick<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Bears. <em>Scary<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Elk. \u00a0<em>Large<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Eagles, hawks and other flying things. \u00a0AAHHHHH! \u00a0(I hate things that fly.)<\/p>\n<p>I love when <strong>city mice<\/strong>, come to visit the <strong>country mice <\/strong>and see all of the deers running around. \u00a0I like the word &#8220;<strong>deers<\/strong>&#8220;, by the way. \u00a0 Yes, I know it&#8217;s not a real word. \u00a0Said visitors always want to stop and take pictures of the deer . . . it can be like a bus full of Japanese tourists in Banff!<\/p>\n<p>As common as deers are in my backyard, driveway, garden (grrrr!) and everywhere else, it completely creeps me out when they walk down the <strong>sidewalk<\/strong>! \u00a0It is so WEIRD!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1559\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02708.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1559\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1559\" title=\"Urban Deer\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02708-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02708-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02708.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What are YOU looking at?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>How to they know to do that!?!?!?! \u00a0And what could be worse than a deer on the sidewalk?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1560\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02710.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1560\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1560\" title=\"Urban Deer\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02710-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02710-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02710.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Well, should we get going?&quot;  &quot;I guess so.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A deer in a CROSSWALK! \u00a0Yes, I have seen that too! \u00a0Seriously, it was crossing the road in the crosswalk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1561\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02712.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1561\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1561\" title=\"Urban Deer\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02712-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02712-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02712.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Stay on the sidewalk kids.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paul managed to capture this yesterday and I had to post about it. \u00a0 BECAUSE IT&#8217;S SO WEIRD!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1562\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02713.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1562\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1562\" title=\"Urban Deer\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02713-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02713-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC02713.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Mom! Wait up!&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, the question is . . . are we invading them, or are they invading us?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=1557\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=1557\" data-text=\"Urban Sprawl?\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=1557\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D1557&amp;linkname=Urban%20Sprawl%3F\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living here in the East Kootenay&#8217;s . . . nestled in the neck of the Rockies, we often have an excess of animals at our doors. Skunks. Sick. Bears. Scary. Elk. \u00a0Large. Eagles, hawks and other flying things. \u00a0AAHHHHH! \u00a0(I hate things that fly.) 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