Barnyard Babies

Baby animals are one of those human instant pick-me-ups, similar to coffee or brown paper packages tied up with string. Many would argue that even better are baby farm animals, mainly because they’re harder to find than your run of the mill domestic pets. Lambs, calves, piglets, ducklings; they even have adorable names to match their teeny-tiny cutesy-wutesy faces.

If you disregard the fact that the majority of baby farm animals will grow up to be a meal for someone (sad face), when they’re living in a miniature barnyard and available for you to pat as much as you desire, their existence seems all very innocent and soothing – like a natural Valium.

As part of the Christmas holiday entertainment this year, Brisbane City will be playing home to a collection of barnyard babies for a week. Although marketed as a children’s activity, I feel its placement in the CBD means that the organisers secretly want busy workers to de-stress in their lunch breaks. Seriously, I could probably work a 24 hour shift if every so often I could squeeze an adorable piglet.