Supervision is an art. Most beings think they are great supervisors. Few beings are actually great supervisors. One big problem here is that the best supervisors have feathers….and most supervisors can’t grow any feathers of their own. Which handily explains the ongoing trend towards plunging employee morale. Luckily, there is an equally handy workaround. WeContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cute Cockatiel: Lap Supervisor”
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Pearl the Cockatiel: Happy Day Every Day
Happy days happen to all of us. So do less-happy days. And here is where being born covered in soft and fetching aerodynamic feathers really comes in handy! Because once you figure out what those two attractive and graceful appendages on either side of your adorable round body are there for, you can use them.ContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: Happy Day Every Day”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Let Your Beak Shine Brightly
As a gourmet connoisseur with feathers, it doesn’t take long to notice different diners have different rating systems. For example, your large featherless flock mates like to use stars. Which is okay. It could be worse. Like shells or something. Feathers would be better. But the best – by far – is to show ratherContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Let Your Beak Shine Brightly”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Feather Carpet
Everyone is keen to get famous these days. Even if we can’t always go outside to wow and amaze every being we meet, there is always a place where we can go to strut our stuff. The large rectangular reflective device is right there waiting. All you have to do is hop up and makeContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Feather Carpet”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: No Waffling
Sometimes you just know. This tends to happen more often when you have feathers, however. Feathered beings are naturally very confident. They are also naturally very cute. This is not a coincidence. The moment an adorable feathered being tumbles out of their small oval-shaped escape pod and hears their first “oohs” and “ahhhs” of theContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: No Waffling”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Dinner and a Show
As every very cute being knows, “cuteness” is its own language. All other explanations are optional. You can just show up, look very cute, and watch all the other beings rearrange themselves in line behind you. This is always convenient. Where it becomes especially convenient is when a choice delicacy appears. Everyone wants it. AndContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Dinner and a Show”
Flock Life with Shannon: Learning Their Language
Hello dear Patreon Patron, Welcome to this special weekly blog feature designed just for YOU. Behind the scenes, being an interspecies flock mama comes with some unusual challenges. For starters, there is the language barrier. It can be challenging to know what your flock mates want and need when you don’t share a common dialect.ContinueContinue reading “Flock Life with Shannon: Learning Their Language”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Nest for Success
As any manly manbird will tell you, nesting is not for amateurs. Nothing is, when there are ladybirds involved. Ladybirds can be particularly, well, particular, especially when it comes to their eggs. Only the poshest, softest, safest, most secure and private nesting site will do. And that nesting site must be manned by the fiercestContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Nest for Success”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Special Biscuits
Some days are tougher than others. Heck, some years are tougher than others. This is when we need small daily doses of brightness, goodness, sweetness, the most. Let’s say you wake up one morning and your entire small round feathery body has decided it is a good day to molt. You are not in theContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Special Biscuits”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Fluffy With a Side of Feathers
Spend much time in an interspecies flock and you will quickly notice something odd about your large featherless flock mates. They have a fascination with something called “the weather forecast.” Take your large featherless assistant, for instance. Hot, cold, sunny, not sunny, dark, light, windy, not windy – it is all equally interesting if youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Fluffy With a Side of Feathers”
Love & Feathers & Shells 