"What big ears you have, my dears!"

"The better to hear what you're eating from that bowl...."

I'd gone upstairs for a bowl of cereal and had come outside to eat it. The deer were already there, though further downhill, and I moved quietly, so as not to spook them. They didn't run, but they did pause in what they were doing to check me out.

Then they heard my munching, their ears swiveled around and intensely curious, they began to come closer. Eventually, they got to within four or five feet before they stopped.

Once I'd finished eating, I took the spoon and quietly went back inside.

It was probably illegal or something, but I left the bowl....

(This photo shows an earlier view, taken with a little Ricoh GRD and its wide angle lens. I've got some closer ones, and another of three of them lapping at the bowl all together, but finally couldn't resist sharing all those delightful ears!)