Animals Strike Curious Poses

Meet Shashi, one of three reasons I have been offline a lot more often lately. Shashi means "moonbeam" in Hindi, and more obscurely, Shashi Desphande happens to be one of my favorite authors. I won't overwhelm you with pics because my internet connection is slow as molasses, but don't worry, Victor and M.I.A. will be starring in a blog post soon. I'm hoping I'll catch a chicken doing yoga. You never know; the Polish hen was trying to ride my bike the other day.

I had to give them a stylish home, of course. I found these stickers of the London skyline for six bucks at Target, et voila!