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Mlle Germaine Le Blon by Herman Richir, 1908<\/p><\/div>\n
Don’t blush.<\/p>\n
A farmgirl flaunts the fact that she feels all<\/p>\n
aflutter <\/i><\/p>\n
with the fanfare, fancy, and frill<\/p>\n
of a flock she might wear that would help her step back in time.<\/p>\n
I dare you<\/p>\n
to divulge<\/p>\n
that you have dreamed also\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n
of chickens.<\/p>\n
Your secret is safe here.<\/p>\n
So, let’s indulge together.<\/p>\n
If you’re already a Mother Hen,<\/p>\n
you cherish your charming clucks.<\/p>\n
But, if you haven’t yet committed to a coop,<\/p>\n
I have found a book that will send you swooning.<\/p>\n
One glance through the gorgeous images within, and I guarantee \u2026<\/p>\n
there will be<\/i> a flock in your future.<\/p>\n
Behold \u2026 The Magnificent Chicken<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Photographer Tamara Staples<\/a> first fell in love with fowl during visits with her uncle, a chicken breeder in Athens, Georgia. His birds inspired Staples to begin capturing the essence of chic<\/i> on film.<\/p>\n “I originally started using [backdrops] you would think of with chickens: gingham, burlap, even hay,\u201d Staples said. \u201cAnd one day, my assistant said he wanted to come with me. He was amazing. He showed up with all of these fabrics \u2026 and when we put them behind the chickens, it was just ‘wow.’ ”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You’ve thought about it, haven’t you? Come on, admit it \u2026 You’ve wondered what it would feel like to live in an era where women wore big hats dripping in feathers. Don’t blush. A farmgirl flaunts the fact that she … Continue reading ![\"gift_gab-cluck_cluck2\"](\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/gift_gab-cluck_cluck2.jpg\")
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