Pearl the Cockatiel: Orange You Hungry

There is no doubt that, in the greater wild world of eat or be eaten, size matters. (To be honest, it also doesn’t hurt to have fangs.) But just because you didn’t pop out pre-equipped with a ready set of full body armor doesn’t mean you can’t be fierce. VERY fierce. In fact, being smallContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: Orange You Hungry”

Pearl the Cockatiel: Work Life Balance

Some mornings you open your (adorable, round, black) eyes and stretch your wings and look forward to a whole day of resting and relaxing. And some mornings you wake up and there is work to be done. Lots of work. Luckily, being covered in feathers automatically makes you an expert on “work.” You can workContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: Work Life Balance”

Pearl the Cockatiel: No More Early Bird

Being covered in feathers automatically makes you very cute. Being very cute makes you very popular. And being very popular can mean it gets harder to carve out enough you-time. Especially in the mornings. And especially when your large featherless alarm clock associates having feathers with getting up early. As if. After all, she hasn’tContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: No More Early Bird”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Stage Parront

From the perspective of the paparazzi, being born covered in soft fetching feathers means you’ve got it made. Welcome to a lifetime of adoration. The heavens will part. Waffle-flavored snacks will pour from the sky (or at least from your personal Small Chef’s kitchen). Beings without any feathers will clamor for your beak-o-graph. Ladybirds willContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Stage Parront”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Cute By Association

You know what they say. A muffin a day makes your true love stay. Or it makes your cuteness remain. Or something like that. In any case, a muffin is always a good idea. Muffins are very tasty. And you look plump and perfect consuming them. This means you radiate even more “cuteness.” Which isContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Cute By Association”

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: Be Your Best You

Being born can be pretty exciting. You tumble out of your small oval (and perfectly you-sized) escape pod and this is the moment you find out….what you got. Did you get feathers? (hope hope hope) Or a shell (please to goodness no) None of the above? Regardless, it is time to start making the mostContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be Your Best You”

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: Making Snow While the Sun Shines

Being covered in soft downy feathers practically guarantees you will be dodging the paparazzi for life. And while hiring a large featherless MommyGuard can keep the workload manageable, it may also bring with it some rather odd customs you have to get used to. For example, let’s say you live in the south. The sub-tropicalContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Making Snow While the Sun Shines”

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!”