Archives for May 2013

Nom De Plumage

We wanted to add a couple of chickens to the flock.   But we didn't think it would be because we have to rehome our beloved Mary.  Ultimately, the Rooster.   We still aren't 100% that Mary is a rooster, but he's aggressive, built like a brick house, and beautifully iridescently feathered.  And he appears to be growing spurs on his back legs and saddle feathers. Oh yeah--and he … [Read more...]

Garden Cyclops

I am writing this with one eye. That might not be wholly accurate, as my fingers are doing the typing, not the left eyeball. The right eye is swollen shut.  Well, not entirely true either--it’s glued shut with the gel of an aloe vera  plant.  The literal piece of the aloe vera plant’s tip. What a random and lucky break that we shot that commercial for the Eastern Bank of Boston.  What a … [Read more...]