Potatoes are large. They are round. They favor earth tones. Suffice it to say, a potato can be a fearsome predator. That is, unless you know how to quickly dispatch one. (Here, it helps to have a large featherless chef who can, ahem, pre-cut each predator down to size. Preferably bite-size.) Even so, size isn’tContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: the Potato Pouncer”
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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!”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Getting Creative
There is no such thing as an un-creative individual. In fact, have you ever noticed there isn’t even a word for a being who lacks creativity? This is because the word for that being is “lunch.” In other words, just surviving through the lunch rush can take some pretty fancy footwork. To get creative isContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Getting Creative”
Happy Birthday to Pearl’s Tall Tree!
When you love somebody, you want to do everything together. You want to roost up high in their branches all the time. You want to take your snoozes in the comforting crook of their trunk. You even want to share your waffles with them! And when their annual day o’ celebration arrives, you want toContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday to Pearl’s Tall Tree!”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Nest Proofing
Into every life a little (or sometimes a lot) of rain may fall. Sometimes the rain will bring its best friend, wind. Wind may then decide to invite thunder (shudder) and lightning (no thank you). No matter how you slice it, this typically just doesn’t add up to a good time. And since the rain,ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Nest Proofing”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Sometimes You Gotta Stretch
Being full-feathered and naturally athletic and aerodynamic, you know all about the importance of stretching. Stretching accomplishes a number of important goals. For instance, when you stretch your soft grey-and-white wings, the ladybirds (and every other being) can see how cute you are. When you stretch your heart, you can find a way to welcomeContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Sometimes You Gotta Stretch”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Strike While the Waffle Iron Is Hot
The large featherless beings can have some very strange ideas about things. Take the word “waffling,” for instance. Your large featherless assistant uses this word in all kinds of odd ways. She seems to think it means “not being able to make up your mind.” You can tell because she frequently struggles from this veryContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Strike While the Waffle Iron Is Hot”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Going All In
If there is one thing in life that is certain, it is uncertainty. This is certainly not a comforting fact. And yet what can be comforting is knowing you’ve got what it takes – whatever life hands you, you are going to make something fabulous from it. You are going to find the gem, theContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Going All In”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Extra Fluffy
When you have 21 and a half years of life in an interspecies flock under your feathers, you have learned there are days when “fluffy” will do. And then there are the days when “fluffy” simply won’t cut it. Some days call for “extra fluffy.” If not for yourself (because let’s face it, you alreadyContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Extra Fluffy”
Day 363: How to Cuteness Stun Anything
Everyone has heard of “cuteness overload.” Or at least everyone who keeps company with feathered beings has heard of this. Cuteness overload is a serious issue….but it is nothing compared to “cuteness stunning.” Huh? What? Yup. Cuteness stunning. Where cuteness overload is just being very very cute, cuteness stunning is using your cuteness to, well,ContinueContinue reading “Day 363: How to Cuteness Stun Anything”
Love & Feathers & Shells 