Parade

Ypsilanti's Fourth of July Parade. This is before Solomon became terrified of the crowd and the noise and the marching bands. Penny loved the parade because people kept throwing candy to her.

For The Love Of Animals

This is a love story. It begins at the dairy farm. Penny has a thing for animals. She loves to touch them.

She doesn't mind when they lick her or eat her jacket.

Usually, the free ones, unencumbered by cages, run from Penny. So you can imagine her delight when this turkey didn't seem to mind her advances.

Turkey stuck out his wing for Penny to touch.

He even gave her a nice hug. But unbeknownst to Penny, the turkey thought it was foreplay. I realize that I probably wasn't supposed to waste time taking this photo, but who would have believed it otherwise? And really, she wasn't crying right away.