Petpalooza

Pets. It’s a moving, morphing, background, foreground situation. I was raised with all manor of pets between myself, my mom and my two brothers. We had it all at one point or another, and funny enough, I have no idea what really happened to most of them. We had mice, rats, snakes, lizards, a chicken, […]

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Parrot Life

Birds were never in my plan. Animals, yes, birds specifically, notsomuch. My “life plan” (chuckle chuckle chuckle) was to flounder in community college for a little while before sticking with the sign language interpreter program. Once I mastered that, I would go to Moorpark College in Simi Valley, CA and work as an interpreter while […]

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Post Fair Wrap Up

So I did the fair. It’s done. Here’s the run down I got up and got out the door at a decent hour. After spending far too long getting my happy juice at the local Mercury Coffee, I jauntily headed to set up my craft fair “booth”. (table in a corner near a stack of […]

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Da Birds – Greys

I volunteer at a parrot sanctuary 2x/week. I love it. It can be a total mind trip, but for the most part it’s been a dream. Combine this hobby with my new one, photography, and I just can’t help but share. I’m a sharer. A shareologist. A Sharing McSharePants. Here are some fun stories of […]

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Wanna Be Photog

Since volunteering at the parrot sanctuary, I have been introduced to a new hobby: photography. I love taking pics of these birds. Who wouldn’t, I suppose, right? I just love getting the details. The unexpected angles. Those eyes and feathers…. all the while watching out for those beaks. I tried taking a photography class in […]

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To Bird or Not To Bird

This seems a silly and obvious question given my Parrot Post . Obviously I don’t want to own a bird, riiiiiiight???? I’m not talking a macaw or amazon or african grey or cockatoo (or one… ha!) I’m talking cockatiel or a quaker parakeet. I’m an animal lover. I used to say that of all the […]

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Working It..or just working

I have recently begun the adventure of online selling. It’s super small at the moment, I want to see what kind of interest my shop generates before I work my fingers to the bone. Since I’m already volunteering at the bird sanctuary, I have figured out how to use some of the gorgeous feathers that […]

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More About Birds

I could not in a million years have imagined the type of traction my post To The Person Wanting To Buy A Bird would get. I know I’ve said that already, but it’s still mind blowing to me. I’m up to five thousand two hundred views so far. Today was an interesting and hard day […]

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To The Person Wanting to Buy a Bird

Dear Person Who Wants Sooooo Badly To Buy A Bird, I get it. I totally get it. They are majestic, beautiful, talking, feeling, sensitive, emotional beings that are exotic and unusual. They are obtainable. You can get vet care for them. They are conversation starters and ice breakers. They are mesmerizing beings. They are a […]

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Wreath-O-Rama

I’ve been collecting lots of feathers since working at the sanctuary. When I first started there I knew I wanted to do something with them, no clue what, but something. I figured a wreath would be cool. A circle covered in feathers. Nothing I cant handle. After about a month, the feather collection was getting […]

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