Once the gallery was set up, it was ready for visitors. More specifically, one very special visitor. Maisie, a 2-year-old guinea pig, was adopted from the Franklin Township Animal Shelter in New Jersey in September of 2018. I volunteer at the shelter regularly. I actually adopted Maisie to be my class pet at school! My students loved her. For various reasons, she stayed at home this school year. Maisie is a really sweet pig with a great personality. She’s very tolerant, which I attribute to her spending most of her formative months in a classroom full of 19 rambunctious 6-year-olds.