Sheltering in place should be its own sport. Perils await right out of the starting gate….at least if you happen to be one of the large featherless beings. For starters….jammies. They are comfy. Naps. They do a body good. And happy hour? How about every hour! When you are born covered in soft downy feathers, youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Snooze Button”
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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”
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”
Happy Birthday Pearl & His Mama!
Yup. You guessed it (from the clever title to this blog post, no doubt). Someone small and feathery and very cute and his slavishly devoted mama just turned one year older. Ahem…..younger. Of course, in true flock tradition, today is a day for festivities. For feasting. For quality time with the whole flock, which includesContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday Pearl & His Mama!”
Interspecies Flock Life with Shannon: With Parrot
When you are a flock mama, you know there are two methods to accomplish any task on the daily to-do list. The first way is “without parrot.” This way is expedient. Efficient. Quiet. And absolutely no fun. Guess what the second way is? Not surprisingly, “with parrot” is much cuter. It comes with free spontaneousContinueContinue reading “Interspecies Flock Life with Shannon: With Parrot”
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: Fierce and Feathery
Being born covered in soft downy feathers has its ups and its downs. Its pros and its cons. The pros speak for themselves. Feathers. Wings. “Cuteness.” So much of it, in fact, that you have to work extra-hard to show off any of your other many fine qualities. Like “fierceness,” for example. Just because youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Fierce and Feathery”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: A Song In Your Heart
Waking up for another whole day is not for amateurs. You just never know who might be waiting – or how hungry they may be feeling. But there are places to go, things to do and ladybirds to meet. So “up” it is….scared or not, prepared or not. The first thing you want to doContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: A Song In Your Heart”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: the Kitchen Cockatiel
When you are small and round and covered in downy feathers, other beings may not automatically assume you know your way around a kitchen. They won’t look at you and instantly think you have the keenest and most sensitive of gourmet palates. And most won’t ever change their mind about this, either. But you don’tContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: the Kitchen Cockatiel”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Brave and the Fluffy
Even if you have downy soft fluffy feathers completely covering your body and can “cuteness stun” potential predators like nobody’s business, you still never know what a day may bring. So you have to bring both. The brave and the fluffy. This way, if you try “fluffy” and it doesn’t work, you still have “brave.”ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Brave and the Fluffy”
Love & Feathers & Shells 