Crazy Pigeons!

Ghaaaaa! The chillies have developed succulent leaves!

Nah.

It's just the triffids. Thought I'd show you what they look like (top photo). They are already taller and thicker than the rest of the chillies.

The middle photo is the of one of the Orange Habaneros, and the bottom one is of the Rocoto Rojo (you can tell because of the hairy leaves). Took these two this morning. They are getting big now. Just need to hope they continue that happy growth for the rest of the season. The ones at the office are quite big now. Two more weeks before I take them over to Almapaprikas' parents (one of the chocolate sweet peppers and the Cherry Chilli at the very least are going over there).

Speaking of titles in a blog, Almapaprika and I waited at an intersection in the city centre recently along with some of the locals. That, of course, included a pigeon (no, not one of the nicknames given to locals here), which behaved like some crazy manic hobo, pacing left and right close to us, but never actually crossing the road.

Until the little green crossing man lit up.

It crossed the road with us, the crazy little bird.

Almapaprika and I (well, mostly me) kept 'speaking' on its behalf. It was mostly making the pigeon sound and act like Donkey from Shrek.

You really needed to be there.

What's eve more amazing is that the paranoid things proceeded to behave the same way on the other crossing light of the intersection, and only crossed WHEN THE LITTLE GREEN CROSSING MANE LIT UP!

Now, mind you, I never got to study ornithology, but something tells me birds can do certain things people can do:

-See better than people.
-Poop green
-Lay eggs

And, oh, yes...

...FLY!

Maybe this pigeon is becoming human...

...it will start hanging out at pubs, go out with its mates and have a pint or two, and take in a game of cricket.

Silly, silly bird...