Down on the farm

The farm that provides most of our weekly groceries had a farm day August 31. One guy brought a traveling petting zoo, complete with snakes, mice, rabbits and a giant cockroach. Few of the animals escaped Beckett's "hold for a second, get startled and toss into the air" routine.


There were also horses, goats, sheep and a donkey.

Where Beckett likes to perform impact-testing on unsuspecting mice (one entered low earth orbit after making the mistake of grazing his hand with its mouse claws), Ayla prefers to choke her victims.