As any being who has ever been rescued knows, being brave is definitely an inside job. Sometimes being brave means standing on your own, persevering, crossing that busy street to get to the other side. And sometimes being brave means letting the tall and terrifying shell-less beings intercept you just as you are about toContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: All Kinds of Brave”
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Being Brave with Bruce: Feeling Fern-tastic
As everyone knows, orange is the best color. Orange has so many great properties. For example, orange is a fabulous choice for colorful accents like, say, cheek patches. Of course, not every being can wear orange well. For those who can’t, the next best color is green. Green is the color of nature. It isContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Feeling Fern-tastic”
Resting in Place with Malti: Stop and Smell the Ferns
Life sure can get hectic sometimes. And crazy. And busy. It can seem like it goes by in the blink of an eye. This can make it all too easy to forget to stop. Take a big deep breath in. And a big deep breath out. Take a look around you. Stop and smell theContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Stop and Smell the Ferns”
Being Brave with Bruce: What Box Turtle?
“Extreme cuteness.” In some scenarios, it can be such a blessing. Then again, there are those other scenarios. Truth be told, you don’t pop right out of your round white escape hatch knowing how to dial down the cuteness when the situation calls for it. To that point, you also don’t know which situations mightContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: What Box Turtle?”
Being Brave with Bruce: Food Chain Friends
Regardless of your ranking in the greater food chain o’ life, it can be a full time job to figure out the difference between friends, enemies and frenemies. In other words, some beings always want to eat you. Some never do. And some are only interested if someone tastier isn’t available. When in doubt -ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Food Chain Friends”
Being Brave with Bruce: Cuteness Contest
It doesn’t take much time living in an interspecies flock to notice that beings without shells tend to be a restless lot. While you and your small shelled red-dotted sister are chill as can be, the same can’t be said for your small loud feathery brother or your large shell-less rescue mama. Talk about over-thinkingContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Cuteness Contest”
Being Brave with Bruce: Home Together
It is true that beings with shells tend to be homebodies. And thank goodness for it, when you are (quite literally) appetizer-sized and every other being around you is keen for their three squares a day just like you are. In other words, in a big, wild, hungry world, it can make smart survival senseContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Home Together”
Being Brave with Bruce: Sharing Your Shell
When you’ve never known life without having a shell of your very own, it is hard to imagine what it might be like not to have one. Right from birth, your shell has been your refuge. It is there whenever you need it. Tired? Cold? Scared? Just sit down, pull in and your shell’s gotContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Sharing Your Shell”
Being Brave with Bruce: Two Shells Is Better
There is no doubt that “the shell” is a very good design. It is lightweight, attractive, sleek and stealthy. Tired? Take a snooze inside your shell. Looking for lunch? Hunker down in your shell to scope for snacks. Looking like lunch? Snap shut and send the predator packing for greener (well, browner) pastures. Depending onContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Two Shells Is Better”
Being Brave with Bruce: Good Luck Box Turtle
Moving into an interspecies flock means getting a crash course in how other species see the world. For example, you might notice that your large shell-less rescue mama really has a thing for these small round red creatures with dots and antennae. She seems to feel better – luckier – when they are around. You,ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Good Luck Box Turtle”
Love & Feathers & Shells 