After a certain puppy chewed my little Flip video recorder to bits, I was all set to buy a new one. But then I saw the rave reviews on Sony Bloggie , which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. So I popped for one of those, instead.
First video? My feet. I’ll spare you that one, and show you the second: My flock! For the chicken fans out there, I have: Two Rhode Island Reds (Hazel and Hester), two new Hampshire Reds (Beatrice and Belinda), two red stars (Rosa and Ruby), one Australorp (Sheila), one Barred Rock (Prudence), two Americuanas (Viviana and D’Ora), one Polish crested (Olga), one gold-laced Wyandotte (Philippa) and one I-Don’t-Know-She-Was-A-Bonus-chicken (Perdita). Plus the Queen of the Flock, Agatha, the Delaware.
And, of course, Bernadette The Weather Duck®.
That noise you hear in the background? Why, that would be Faith, methodically snapping off bits of lattice off the chain-link fence. Fortunately, the lattice is going away with the spring garden expansion, so snap away, my puppy princess!
Old miracles: Fresh eggs every day from beautiful, friendly birds. New miracles: Hi-def video from a little piece of electronics that’ll fit it your pocket — for less than $200.
It’s a strange and wonderful age we live in, isn’t it?