This weekend I went out to my friend Deborah’s place way out near Bee Cave (it’s southwest of Austin, I think). She and her husband Dale have this bitchin’ house in an area called Briarcliff with a great view of the lake. It was her birthday so we had a “sleepover” due to the distance she lives from my house. It’s always great to be there. The place has a deck to look up at the stars without the light pollution from the city.
The next morning was more amusing as the picture shows. Briarcliff is overrun with deer because I guess they’ve figured out the only dangerous things to sweat are people’s cars. So Deborah feeds them some corn to be nice. Meanwhile her three cats (Baloo, Cleo and Sting) wander in the backyard to check out these “giant mice.” I’m sure the predator part of their brains are overloading on the size of this prey. Deer will do anything for a free meal though. Deborah has told me they stamp their hooves whenever the cats come too close for comfort. I think it’s really funny. Sort of a prank on the felines by messing with their sense of scale.