It can pay to be slow and low to the ground when you live in an interspecies flock. From this unique vantage point, you can quickly learn who is in charge of what and how to work them for all they are worth. For example, it doesn’t take long to learn that your large shell-lessContinueContinue reading “Day 335: Tortoise Begs for Treats”
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Day 332: Redfoot Resting Face
When you are born with a shell on your back, you can look forward to a lot of resting. A LOT of resting. After all, there is no need to work out or exercise – you do that every time you get up! And lugging around that heavy shell while foraging guarantees “calories in, caloriesContinueContinue reading “Day 332: Redfoot Resting Face”
Day 329: The Tortoise Door of Possibility
For beings who are lucky enough to be born with shells, the structures commonly known as “doors” are largely superfluous. Want to go in? Just pull all your (very cute) appendages inside you and you are in. Ready to come back out? Just stick out your (precious and perfect) arms, tail and head and youContinueContinue reading “Day 329: The Tortoise Door of Possibility”
Day 326: The Redfoot Of Many Colors
When you are born with red-dotted feet, it doesn’t take a lot of mental revving to figure out how the powers-that-be came up with your common species name. But just because you are known for having red dots, that doesn’t mean you can’t have other colors of dots as well. For example, perhaps you decideContinueContinue reading “Day 326: The Redfoot Of Many Colors”
Day 324: Happiest Holidays From Our Flock to Yours!
To YOU, our dearest treasured VIP extended flock member, So much has transpired during this last year we have shared together! For starters, we have all nearly completed another whole year on this round blue planet. Wow. If that wasn’t already enough of an accomplishment in itself, some of us have also come out ofContinueContinue reading “Day 324: Happiest Holidays From Our Flock to Yours!”
Day 323: The Good Shelled Life
Every being wants to live a good life. Of course, the details of what, precisely, a “good life” looks like can vary wildly from one individual to the next. Some seem born to carve caves out of rocks – tackling life with brute strength and a dogged determination to walk uphill from start to finish.ContinueContinue reading “Day 323: The Good Shelled Life”
Day 320: A Perfect Tortoise Poncho
Winter is definitely a time of rest. If you weren’t supposed to nap a lot in winter, then why’d they make the days so short? On days you feel especially snoozy, you may even want to extend your afternoon nap right into your evening siesta. But the one thing you don’t want to do isContinueContinue reading “Day 320: A Perfect Tortoise Poncho”
Day 318: Happy Happy Double Flock Birthday!
Life itself is precious….there is no doubt about it. But what makes life extra precious is the chance to live with an interspecies flock. Your family is all colors, all genders, all shapes and sizes. Some are little and loud while others are little and not so loud. And some are always growing bigger (mostlyContinueContinue reading “Day 318: Happy Happy Double Flock Birthday!”
Day 317: The Best Laid Tortoise Plans
In some situations, having a shell that covers and protects you from front to back and top to bottom is very, very good. In other situations, it might be somewhat less good. For instance, let’s say you are meandering along and you can feel a restful nap coming on. It is coming on strong andContinueContinue reading “Day 317: The Best Laid Tortoise Plans”
Day 314: Functional, Fashionable Redfoot Tortoise Skin
Not every being is born for life under cover in the deep tropical forest. As anyone knows who has ever gone tromping through the underbrush, you never know what might be hiding inside….or how upset it might get about being disturbed. So you want to outfit yourself with the right gear for your forest adventures….likeContinueContinue reading “Day 314: Functional, Fashionable Redfoot Tortoise Skin”
Love & Feathers & Shells 