Many thanks to Jennie from the Planet Jen blog for the following pics - which show clearly that Falafel's missing plumes ARE NOW GROWING ON HER HAMSTER!!!
The super little chap in the pics is called Bodkin, and he is clearly quite a youngster. I guess that no sooner will he be used to having plumes than he will be obliged to hand them on to someone else - but we'll see.
This painting is based on the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK (not that the scene looks anything like Birmingham, Alabama). This fantabulous place actually does have peacocks wandering loose around it. Noisy gits they are, too!