Deer Haven

For some inexplicable reason, the deer seem to have taken quite a fancy to our backyard lately and pay prolonged visits there daily.  Just now, there are two sitting in the garden boxes, one resting against the hedge and one in the middle of the lawn.  This morning at breakfast we counted five of them out there leisurely enjoying their breakfast as well.  I've noticed that they are always chewing something in their mouths and have since learned that the white-tailed deer, like cattle, are a ruminant animal.  They keep an idle eye on the goings-on inside the house and look back at you calmly when you look at them.  It's hard to tell which of us, Kirk and I or the deer, are the animals on zoological display.