Yesterday, my niece, Ashtyn and her extremely bird-phobic mother, Julie, visited. Julie has suffered bird phobia ever since being given a rather wild weiro a couple of decades ago, so this visit took enormous courage! Ashtyn is a little nervous of birds too as you can see below!
But Julie was in a state of suppressed horror. As she has read my blog, she was particularly frightened of Godfrey who was just outside the frame of the picture below. Little did she realise that the evil Baby Turkey was even closer.
Eventually, she began to feel more at home with the birds. In the photo below you can see her biting her lip with determination not to scream!
And Ashtyn’s expression says it all!
For some reason, neither Julie or Ashtyn wanted to come into the emu yard. I’m not quite sure why….
Julie insisted on some soothing music so Son and Grandma obliged.
The unflappable Alpacas, Okami and Uluru, also had a soothing effect on Julie.
It was a visit full of hysterical laughter!
jmgoyder 
Just looking at that pair of alpacas evokes laughter I reckon – they are adorable!
I know!
hahah we;re famous! you forgot to mention tina turner! love ashtyn and mummy xx
Best day with you guys!
What fun to visit your place. I’d have a great time with my camera. The little emus look to be a good size for visits – I admit the full size at Melbourne Zoo is a bit intimidating and scary.
And when they get bigger, they’ll be faster – argh!
I need to print off a picture of the shaved down Alpacas…they crack me up every time I see a picture of them. Do they spit? Even more hysterical then. P.S. The farmer and I are both in the different parts of the veterinary profession but I am the one who find humor in the animals – he is all business.
You are hilarious! No, they don’t spit but I crack up every time I see them too!!! I bought masses of feed today because they look so skinny now, but they just want to gently graze on the grass. Your life sounds interesting.
Does the music have a soothing effect on the birds?
No, they just seem bemused!