The chicks have really grown in the week I was in Italy. They’ve learned to hop up and enjoy all the grass and bugs near the gate:
They are also too big for the cats to bother; but Onslow loves to hang out in their pen and watch for sparrows:
And here I am at the Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze (the Gallery of the Academy of Florence), admiring the magnificent statue of David by Michelangelo:
What a handsome giant! 🐴
Florence was only an hour from Rome by high-speed train:
It goes 186 miles per hour! 🐎