Winter is definitely a time of rest. If you weren’t supposed to nap a lot in winter, then why’d they make the days so short? On days you feel especially snoozy, you may even want to extend your afternoon nap right into your evening siesta. But the one thing you don’t want to do isContinueContinue reading “Day 320: A Perfect Tortoise Poncho”
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Day 319: A Cockatiel’s Feather Coat
The large featherless beings are sometimes understandably jealous that they pop out, well, featherless. There really isn’t any more delicate way to say it. But just because you got all the good DNA doesn’t mean you don’t still need help staying warm when temperatures drop. And of course, with “cuteness” at your service, you canContinueContinue reading “Day 319: A Cockatiel’s Feather Coat”
Day 318: Happy Happy Double Flock Birthday!
Life itself is precious….there is no doubt about it. But what makes life extra precious is the chance to live with an interspecies flock. Your family is all colors, all genders, all shapes and sizes. Some are little and loud while others are little and not so loud. And some are always growing bigger (mostlyContinueContinue reading “Day 318: Happy Happy Double Flock Birthday!”
Day 317: The Best Laid Tortoise Plans
In some situations, having a shell that covers and protects you from front to back and top to bottom is very, very good. In other situations, it might be somewhat less good. For instance, let’s say you are meandering along and you can feel a restful nap coming on. It is coming on strong andContinueContinue reading “Day 317: The Best Laid Tortoise Plans”
Day 316: A Parrot and His Props
Not too many fans understand just how grueling it can be to rake in consistent five-feather reviews in the competitive field of “acting.” In nearly all cases, all the fans know is that they love the star, they love the plot, they love the play and they love the props. But managing props in particularContinueContinue reading “Day 316: A Parrot and His Props”
Day 315: Box Turtle Wake-Up Call
When you are born “on the half shell,” literally, you really don’t have time to ponder life’s more esoteric topics. All you know is everyone seems to want a piece of you, whether figuratively or otherwise. So long as you are super-healthy and fit and feeling fine, it is a slam-dunk decision to spend theContinueContinue reading “Day 315: Box Turtle Wake-Up Call”
Day 314: Functional, Fashionable Redfoot Tortoise Skin
Not every being is born for life under cover in the deep tropical forest. As anyone knows who has ever gone tromping through the underbrush, you never know what might be hiding inside….or how upset it might get about being disturbed. So you want to outfit yourself with the right gear for your forest adventures….likeContinueContinue reading “Day 314: Functional, Fashionable Redfoot Tortoise Skin”
Day 313: Pearl Cutts in The Big Bird Box
Being born covered in soft fetching feathers can definitely give you a wing up on the competition when it comes to winning coveted feature roles. But it can’t always protect you from filmmakers’ omissions and inaccuracies. For example, there may be times when you are starring in a new play and you notice the titleContinueContinue reading “Day 313: Pearl Cutts in The Big Bird Box”
Day 312: The Hibernating Box Turtle & the MommyGuard
If there is anything even less pleasant than being suddenly awakened out of the most restful long winter sleep, it is being awakened and then PICKED UP and checked out all over. Thanks, Mom. She says they are vital, critical, un-skippable “hibernating box turtle safety checks.” And that it is her job as the officialContinueContinue reading “Day 312: The Hibernating Box Turtle & the MommyGuard”
Day 311: Blueberries for Tortoises
As a hatchling tortoise, you can count on emerging from your round white escape pod feeling hungry. You have a few emergency rations, of course (these being conveniently located right on the underside of you in their own little yolk sac). But all too soon these rations will run out and you are going toContinueContinue reading “Day 311: Blueberries for Tortoises”
Love & Feathers & Shells 