She’s a big mother. Here she is with her almost-grown child, in the corner of our side yard:

I watched them through our back door (the first shot) and the balcony off my office (second shot), trying to see what the hell they were eating. They didn’t seem to be munching any leaves. Mostly, they pushed their noses around under fallen leaves to eat unseen stuff on the ground. Says here acorns are a favorite. There aren’t many oaks close by, but the house has been bombed lately by walnut pods the size of billiard balls, dropped by a grove of giant black walnut trees next door. Maybe the deer were after those.

Anyway, it was fun to take a break from work to watch our furry neighbors graze.