Interspecies flock life comes with all kinds of perks. You can count on always being the best-looking one in group photos. You have plenty of “beta” flock mates to boss around. If another flock member’s breakfast looks better than yours, you can poach it. Of course, the same holds true in reverse, and you can’tContinueContinue reading “Day 220: The Cockatiel & the Breakfast Bowl”
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Day 217: A Cockatiel and His Wonderful Wicker
Every being has their own favorite hobbies. Your small shelled brother, Bruce, likes swimming in his pool, hunting slimy wriggling things and burrowing in hay. Whatever works. Your less-small shelled sister, Malti, likes uprooting green beings, digging in dirt and eating yucky things she finds on the lawn. No accounting for taste. Your large featherlessContinueContinue reading “Day 217: A Cockatiel and His Wonderful Wicker”
Day 214: Cockatiel Perches in Perfect Form
There is nothing like cohabitating with an interspecies flock to make you really appreciate your own anatomy. Let’s say that one of the beings in your flock has one set of short legs and one set of long legs – but no feathers at all. This basically means she has no balance. No poise. PoorContinueContinue reading “Day 214: Cockatiel Perches in Perfect Form”
Day 211: Cockatiel Has Egg-citing News!
If ever there was the perfect invention, it would have to be the egg. First of all, it is a remarkably compact, efficient getaway vehicle (one worthy of .007 himself!) The egg is also so pleasingly round – not unlike a certain posh and plump (and oh-so-masculine and manly) feathered chest. Eggs bring great surprisesContinueContinue reading “Day 211: Cockatiel Has Egg-citing News!”
Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share
If gratitude were a beverage, it would probably be a mimosa. Light, airy, bubbly, full of vitamin C and sparkles, a mimosa is just happy to be there and enjoy the party! In the same way, beings with feathers bring so much sparkle and gratitude to every day. Even when you feel so down orContinueContinue reading “Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share”
Monday Happys: Adventure
It can take a long time of living amongst the large featherless beings before you start to see order in the chaos. For instance, on the two consecutive days known as “weekends,” it is all about spontaneity and adventure. Anything could happen. Your large featherless assistant seems even more chaotic than usual and yet alsoContinueContinue reading “Monday Happys: Adventure”
Love & Feathers & Shells 