Maria and I are very pleased to offer the much anticipated six-card notecard series – “The Fox And The Chickens”, capturing in photos and text the oldest story – the fox, the farmer, and the chickens as we lived it here on Bedlam Farm. I think this is the best that I have come using my photography to tell the kind of story I would only have told in words a short time ago. The photos show Meg peering in at Fran on Simon’s back, Fran and Simon, the ring of security the donkeys tried to provide hiding Meg, Fran coming alive to sniff the flowers, and our remarkable surprise, the baby foxes cavorting up on the hill. You can see these cards and purchase them on Maria’s website. Maria now has Paypal, so it easier to buy them if people wish.

Because there are six instead of the usual five – this was quite a story – the notecards are $20 plus shipping. Many people asked if they could buy photos of this little farm drama, but this seemed to us the cheapest and most efficient way to offer them. I will sign each card. There is text on each of the cards, and this is a step forward for the notecard idea.  I think the cards can work as a narrative story, not just separate cards. This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it drew us in deeply for a few weeks.  Lots of little miracles, surprises, emotions. It is jarring to have an animal in your care eaten.

We were attached to Fran and Meg, and expected Meg to be the survivor. She wasn’t. The fox is as clever as his/her reputation. In the end, she was too clever for us. We thought the fox den was way out in the woods, but it is just up the hill from the farmhouse, the last place we would look, and the first place we discovered three kits, playing in the sun. The fox wins this round, all around. And nobody got shot. Our revenge, not that the foxes care, is that the fox babies make for a great and happy surprise ending to this up-and-down story. You can see each individual card at fullmoonfiberart.com.

For us, the most emotional part of the story was deciding to keep Fran alive and help her heal from her awful wounds. Maria was unfailingly patient and devoted to Fran, and she can’t fly or flap her wings yet, but is out pecking bugs all day with the other hens, another nice ending to this story. There is a limited number of these card packs. We hope you enjoy them. A good use of photographs, I think. And it does help to keep the photography (which will remain free) going, and thanks in advance for that. They are on sale.