Backstory: My neighborhood is home to wild peacocks. They recently terrorized my mom’s garden, eating the first bell pepper she ever grew. She was distraught but seems to have fallen in love with a peahen and her four babies. I receive picture updates every couple of days.
The babies seem to double in size every week. they don’t appear to be fond of corn (though they sure were last year) but definitely puddle up over a baguette. i’ll test cheese & wine over the next few days to be sure they are not my love children.
also – one baby is particularly brave and piggy. i’ve named him super pig. he just seems to run around the yard w/ his face full of bread.
Never has it crossed my mind that there are neighborhoods where wild peacocks actually roam free. Huh.
June 9, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Sure beats having birds nesting in the vents from your dryer and oven, like me!
June 9, 2009 at 2:31 pm
So cute!! Love the cheese and wine idea. This one made me smile a lot :)
June 9, 2009 at 3:30 pm
THAT is hilarious. What a great mom!
June 10, 2009 at 12:12 pm
“…puddle up over a baguette.” Ha! I want to know how they react to wine and cheese. :)
We used to have a wild peacock in our neighborhood. He’d turn up and just…stare. It became a little unsettling. Then he disappeared and we think our crazy neighbor might have had him for Thanksgiving.
June 10, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I have never imagined a neighborhood w/wild peacocks, where is this?
June 10, 2009 at 6:03 pm
And we got excited over a robin’s nest! What a cool place to live.
June 10, 2009 at 7:34 pm
This is a neighborhood in Houston, TX. I live in Minnesota now and it’s funny the guineas and pheasants that run around remind me of the peacocks :)
June 11, 2009 at 3:11 am
Huh. I thought for sure this was in Arcadia, California. Peacocks everywhere because they escape from the local Botanical Gardens.
June 12, 2009 at 2:08 am
Hahaha, Super Pig the peacock!
June 13, 2009 at 1:59 am
I like your mom.
June 13, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I want to see the pictures!!!
July 8, 2009 at 11:18 am