Our Newest Venture

When my dear husband was young (before we met), he raised and raced homing pigeons for a time. He has always recalled that time with fondness and I should have known that this was bound to happen. A few months ago his friend who has quite a managerie at his house brought home some pigeons. The more hubby visited the birds, the more convinced he became that he really wanted to get back into it. He finally asked for my approval to build a loft in the back of the garage a couple weeks ago, yesterday we spent 4 hours at Menards getting all the building supplies (plus we're re-doing the privacy fence in the backyard), and this morning we went to a "small animal swap meet" in Freeport. I never knew. There were all kinds of birds, rabbits, geese (why not just stop on the side of the road?), ducks, swans, kittens, llamas, etc., and supplies. Of course, we are not ready to actually have pigeons yet, but of course we bought two. These ones are not to race, but for Joey and Ben to call their own and be involved. The black and white is Ben's called Sammy, and the red and white is Joey's called Jo-Jo. I'm sure there will be many adventures to report in this whole process of building, breeding and racing. Stay tuned for the mishaps.