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Friday’s Better With Feathers

Feathers make everything better. For starters, you no longer need your alarm clock to get up in the morning. Also, victuals are more delectable….if there are any left by the time you get to try them. Then there is the joy of realizing how much better home furnishings look with a little judicious “remodeling.” AndContinueContinue reading “Friday’s Better With Feathers”

Thursday Self Esteem with Pearl

When you are naturally very fetching and feathery, self esteem and self love comes so easily. For those rare moments of doubt, you can always count on your large featherless assistant, who dives for the small rectangular flashing device every time you do…well, anything. One snap and a flash later and – oh, that’s right! IContinueContinue reading “Thursday Self Esteem with Pearl”

Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share

Every day, some beings in this world are having what the large featherless beings call “a bad day.” Bad days happen to all of us….even when we have feathers. It isn’t that a bad day is happening that matters so much as what we choose to do about it. We can shriek and hiss andContinueContinue reading “Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share”

Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Hide n Seek

Tortoises like playing games just as much as any other pet. Malti loves games – the scarier the better. For example, let’s say you feel like playing a rousing round of the super-frightening game “hide n seek.” You scour the area and discover an intriguing soft tunnel that is perfectly tortoise-sized. You crawl in…and keepContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Hide n Seek”

Wednesday’s Precious Pearl Moments

When you are petite and precious and covered with soft downy feathers, you can forget all about privacy and personal space. Everyone wants to be near you….especially your doting large featherless assistant, who can’t seem to string two seconds together without grabbing the small rectangular flashing device and pointing it right at you. But whoContinueContinue reading “Wednesday’s Precious Pearl Moments”

Monday Happys: Holiday Leftovers

Big or small, short or tall, young or old, rich or poor, feathered or featherless, there is so much happiness to be found in this world. And since Monday is the most stressful day of the week for many featherless beings (on account of something called “work”), Pearl figures it is also the perfect dayContinueContinue reading “Monday Happys: Holiday Leftovers”

Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Agility

When I was little, I kept five water turtles – all red-eared and yellow-eared sliders. They were adorable and so agile! They could pile out of the water directly on top of one another like tiny shelled acrobats. I didn’t keep close company with shelled beings again for many years until four and a halfContinueContinue reading “Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Agility”

Friday’s Better With Feathers

What Pearl Wants for Thanksgiving!

When you have feathers and you are very (very) cute, you pretty much get whatever you want. There are a few exceptions, however. For example, you don’t get anything that is specifically on the off-limits household “Avian Safety List.” Off-limits items may include wall paint, crispy mini blinds, crown molding, the shelled beings’ lunch…..you getContinueContinue reading “What Pearl Wants for Thanksgiving!”