You don’t know my neighbor (we call him Mr. Tony) but he is a fine specimen of humanity. Long have I tried to find a way to thank him for being helpful, kind, humble and an excellent neighbor.

Recently, he has begun a project of passion. He owns a dozen or so chickens. They bring great joy to him, his wife and his mother-in-law who lives with them. But this chicken coop project started to take on the appearance of an artistic fugue. Shed after shed began to emerge in his back yard. And I stood there in awe and wonder to watch it emerge, grow, evolve.

And in a flash, I know how to say thank you to Mr. Tony. So, for about a week, I photographed, drew, carved, started over but finally, my own opus to his project.

I present “Mr. Tony’s Eggsellent Chicken Emporium: Your Eggs for Nothing & Your Chicks for Free” 2026.

And just so you know it is a real rendering and not an artistic imagining:

MR. TONY, glad you are my friend.