Nest Watch: Squatters Starting to Outstay Their Welcome

Here's an update. Mom has steadily shifted her opinion of the residents of this hanging plant. Once precious miracles, they are now high-maintenance squatters that she secretly wishes would grow up and get the hell out of her plant so she can water it. Well, I guess it's not a secret anymore! Listen juniors, let's not take all year.



And here is a snapshot of one of the culprits, bringing something nasty and dismembered to feed to the kiddos. Gross!


It was fun while it lasted. You birds are cute, but we're kind of over it. Thanks for visiting.

Love,

Lucy

Nest Watch 2009: Eeek!

Day 6 (I think) here and the youngsters are giving us a close up look at nature in action. Frankly, they're kind of giving me the creeps. No longer resembling juicy rotisserie chickens or raw oysters, the babies are looking more like dinosaurs who will peck your eyes out and steal your soul. Can you imagine your body changing like this so quickly? One day your reflection in the water bowl is soft and smooth, and the next you're growing a wierd mohawk, claws, and feathers. Ick! Feathers growing in is just a creepy thing. So are giant eyeballs with tiny slits in the middle. Eeew!



Here they are beginning to spread their widdle wings out, and Junior is cheeping for breakfast. Apparently his mom is supposed to just come along and put food in there. It's amazing how that works! Maybe I"ll try that myself and see if any biscuits fall in!

Ah, no such luck. Apparently flopping over, mouth gaping is only effective for some species. Kind of like mom leaving her shoes and stuff all over the living room, hoping someone will come pick up after her. No such luck.

See you for the next installment of Nest Watch!

Love,
Lucy

Nest Watch 2009: Dreaming About Tiny Rotisserie Chickens

Day Three, and all five of the babies are accounted for! Mom went out to check on them today. Junior Wings in the middle is the leader of the nest. Mom tapped on the side of the pot (to wake up momma bird so she wouldn't fly out in her face while she was at the top of the ladder). Junior streeeetched up his leel newborn noggin and cheeped the tiniest, softest of cheeps. Cheeeep. (Sung in very soft middle C).

During my nap later, I kept drifting in and out of sleep. I just couldn't stop dreaming about teeny tiny rotisserie chickens. I'm usually great at dream interpretations, but this one has me stumped!

Hope everyone had a great day today!

Love,

Lucy

Jeepers, We Have Little Cheepers!!!

Here are the first shots of our BABIES! Check out the goggles on Flapper here! We'll check back in a few days and see how they're doing.

Happy Mother's Day!

How to Be the Best Cuddle Puddle You Can Be

I've been defeated, deposed, displaced as master of the Cuddle Puddle! April's cat, Jin Han, submitted her puddle photo and I officially hand the crown to her.


There aren't really words to describe how to acheive the perfect Cuddle Puddle. Either you have it, or you don't. You just let your whole body go soft, and flop over, then roll between 10 and 12 degrees onto your back. Some people meditate on softness before they flop, some people are just spontaenous floppers. It's all up to you.

Just remember, some Cuddle Puddles welcome being cuddled, and some are just messing with you. Use caution before sticking your soft human fingers and toes into the middle of the Puddle's tummy!

Thoughts on Pet ID Tags

Mom was on her way to get coffee this morning when she saw a cute little white snack-uh, her, doggie running around the corner near Starbuck's. Knowing she can't pick up every dog that runs loose, she took a deep breath and continued on. When she left with her coffee, said cute dog was running in the middle of the busy street! Well she pulled over and rolled her window down, and through it flew that little white snack dog.

Mom drove around almost an hour with the little white dog, trying to find her people. She called the number on the tag, but the guy who answered was the owners ex-husband, who lived in another state! All the numbers he gave didn't work. Luckily he kept trying, and was able to help mom find her people's family and drop her off. It's a good thing he was a nice, helpful ex, and not a mean one who didn't care.

It just goes without saying, if you move to another state, or just another city in the same state, update your dogbabies' tags! They are less than $10 at your local pet wonderland. Really, it's such a small thing. Do it!

Lucy

Visiting the V-E-T

Mom thinks that when she's talking to other people and she says that I have an appointment with the "V-E-T" to get my "S-H-O-T-S" that I don't know what that spells. Duh! She makes a big deal of it, but really I'm so over it before I even get there.

Tuesday we went to see Dr. Toth, who is great. I got shots, a checkup, and created a sample for them. All is well!

Love,

Lucy

Aunt Allison Came to Visit, More Nest Watch 2009

Aunt Allison came to visit this weekend. I LOVE her. We had so much fun! Here I helped her check the weather for her drive back.

Also, update on the five leel burdy eggs! Still not hatched.