Shiny Happy People

WARNING: Not a cat post!

Antione Baril is one of the most incredible multi-instrumentalists I have had the pleasure to experience.

If you don’t know what a multi-instrumentalist is, it’s a person who… plays… multiple… instruments. Keep up double oh seven!

Here is Antoine with his daughter, singing a simple, popular ditty by some idiot band called REM. I don’t imagine you’ve heard of them, but given my aim is to bring new tastes to your palate, here they are*.

It’s delightful, fun and full of love.

Of course, there’s always an ulterior motive. If you want to see what Antoine does properly when he is not doing pop, here it is.

In-cre-di-ble:

Oh YES!

*Not sure how to do sarcasm/irony on WordPress. Sorry.

Purple Swamp Hens

Our local population of swamp hens (Porphyrio melanotus) have just had a clutch of eight chicks. They’re now parading around the paddock under the wary, very beady eyes of their parents.

Thankfully Lord Viking and Princess Wandacakes are snoozing, as they tend to do during the day (lazy little buggers) although I wouldn’t fancy their chances against these tough birds.