Last weekend, we went to
Nature's Harmony Farm to pick up our Thanksgiving turkey.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBWZQ4dapZqTXNoOI0UnXshAjl3s6wXoDI8b-rKtnRcAevlJutagZVmdgZ-d056GPA1dRRohR_5VjHxYiTVCnDxGmSeyf2Nl6ml2RkNng2bV9Z8aPeenfO8r7kp4j0kdKP6IIRx96FaAs/s320/P1030039-20091121.jpg)
Juniper had a fantastic time running around the fields and seeing all the animals.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTwlImjp57wIVQsElczhbvLTDPoRvOO8rXLGhpiQrfFog6pmoBYtCdz__QQWHdTySe9GJAutEIBHb6xsSLteb8QQnaRBdfcutpEYBrxsO5doaD_tC8igAY8CvBNzEklXrGiEHvs53ivgU/s320/pigs.jpg)
The only downside of the day was that she didn't understand why she couldn't touch all of the animals. A particularly pathetic moment was when I carried her away from the pigs, while she desperately squirmed and tried to run back to them, sobbing, "I NEED TO SOFT THE PIGS! I NEED TO SOFT THE PIGS!!!"
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nuLW58eeoyQLNc5KKXervLY-ash2DPA7Yhn7IS7xUeKY67teN53t9xvStTZKuMDDCX2Srwsn3sNmI7geY_tq54ZBslyb5eG3stl9W_WAxyCHhTeZJHp6mcIoxf8Tiy9DHyTKLB-xtTib/s320/P1030060-20091121.jpg)
But she did get to soft a peacock, a baby chick, and a couple of farm dogs.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0F_wD36cDOC6Ej2FM6j_rpohu8xECTdBK3KZqgmeP3AXHC0-hyRAH1DoxhZbDU2WiVtxQlXVcJz9tdcrFF8ST2xPRWNW6r7InmNLXYAlT1YMWTxp1qVPybJhicuH03ZBoGXDXwwvVU2B/s320/_AD10738-20091121.jpg)
We saw cows...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixK1bqpBhaM_8H1ItxxSv9kNhI5vehEkgEi3iZkcp-dwfpQA7cOlfiMl08Udjq5Egy3XtfqCmZSJKUuSbzE7M9-8nMhghVThTpZYaGdZ8LzAP4ug0PsKzbyoMx9h0ti6ypCjWhpNhTJvOi/s320/_AD10683-20091121.jpg)
...and, of course, turkeys. The toms were all showing off and trying to impress the visitors. Birds like this are obviously the inspiration for the ubiquitous image of the Thanksgiving turkey.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvKib13bqv8pl2ju-Ri7OCDJzv2DSJ3EK7pfO302wn0u4EqUeMFLLVeRGOjGtcZjawgoN4Ze5pINA-jRrJk3nVWp_dmaTugWGfpWJ9zKNLQ84RfRsl9HktXkk1FUBQ914-3lovL49fmKO/s320/_AD10678-20091121.jpg)
The toms weren't the only ones with personality.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2k50nOlvropTd1DVxDVZLikI_fu0C0k2vrW3_kcPIA3JddQPCf0L60f-w-1AEjw2KMU6aJOxyRFlFp3feK05d6w8Hsmey5_jgmj0IDfzguhd5j6MFX9BhpCOb_ibZqQ37pCW6rTOKBlSD/s320/P1030037-20091121.jpg)
We feel really lucky that there's a local farm where we can buy free-range, heritage turkeys, a rare thing in a country where almost all meat is produced on factory farms. It also made for a really delicious Thanksgiving meal!