Flora and Fauna
Since I had my camera handy, I took a few shots around the farm ;-) in spite of the mizzle.



Peonies and roses:














Chanticleer, whose tail is droopy on account of the weather, but isn't he a beauty? Also pictured are a guinea, a couple of bantam Araucana hens, and two standard chicks in the foreground which I think are also Araucanas. We also have six standard Shaver Reds which I somehow failed to photograph.





Queenie, Blue, and Eleanor:









Mike milking Eleanor (note the nascent patriarchal beard):