Some days you wake up and just know nothing will ever be the same again. Maybe a sizable rock slams into your small round blue planet and suddenly you have to quickly relocate underground. (On the plus side, when you finally do re-emerge, your huge slavering fanged neighbors appear to be no more. Whew.) OrContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: A Very Good Day”
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Being Brave with Bruce: Breaking Out the Cuteness
There’s nothing like a big, unwelcome, unwanted worldwide event (like the kind that begins with a capital “P”) to make you oh-so-aware of how different species can have different coping styles. For example, some of your flock mates like a lot of togetherness (typically these are the ones covered in feathers). Others of your flock mates prefer to seekContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Breaking Out the Cuteness”
Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle FaceTime
Going from the wild life to the pet life is guaranteed to be a big transition. You might do the same basic things each day, but why and how you do them is often very very different. Take meeting face to face, for instance. In a wildlife setting, meeting face to face typically only meansContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle FaceTime”
Being Brave with Bruce: Hobbies for Shells
When you are small and scrumptious and wild, getting “bored” is not really a thing….reason being, being bored can turn into being plated (complete with parsley garnish) in short order. But when you live a life of leisure as a rescued box turtle, and especially when that life of leisure turns into a life ofContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Hobbies for Shells”
Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Stealth Sheltering
Whenever someone tells you to stay put for any reason, it is important to pay attention to the nuances. Try to notice what they don’t say as well as what they do say. For example, they might tell you to “shelter in place.” But then they don’t specify the place. This means you get toContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Stealth Sheltering”
Being Brave with Bruce: Bring Your Own Box
There’s nothing like sticking close to home to create certain, well, shortages. The large shell-less beings really like to have plenty of these soft white round rolls that are sort of box turtle-sized and yet not. They don’t seem very useful, if you are being honest. What is very useful is to have your ownContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Bring Your Own Box”
Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Shelters in Place
Sheltering in place looks different for everyone. But it may feel more alike than different – down deep on the inside where only we can see. In fact, some beings have to shelter in place most of every single day – and not because of something globally scary that starts with the letter “C.” TheyContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Shelters in Place”
Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Selfies
Over the last several weeks, most of us have gotten a heaping helping of our own company. Some of us may love this. Others, not so much. Those who are cooped up (er, sheltering in place) with their nearest and dearest may actually be wishing for a bit more time with ourselves….and only ourselves. But even so,ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Selfies”
Being Brave with Bruce: the Story of How a Box Turtle Found Home
Pandemics are definitely one of those times when you realize you need each other. But they aren’t the only times. For example, let’s say you are a Texas 3-toed box turtle and you are lost. Somehow, you misplaced your home. Or maybe somebody built a shopping mall on top of it and that is whyContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: the Story of How a Box Turtle Found Home”
Box Turtle Takes a Dip in the Pool
Being Bruce isn’t a job for amateurs. Sure, those bright orange cheek patches and whirling red eyes and adorable yellow-dotted feet and – piece de resistance – perfect round box turtle nostrils look effortless. Maybe you were born with it. On second thought, you were definitely born with it. And there is nothing that setsContinueContinue reading “Box Turtle Takes a Dip in the Pool”
Love & Feathers & Shells 