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Friday, October 9, 2015
Meet the canary!
I've been telling some of you about my canary. I decided to introduce the bird properly! Any canary fans outhere?And here's the story!
When I was a child we kept birds as pets. In my father and mother's house birds were around until I made it to Law school or even after that. It was budgerigars (budgies) not canaries. The colorful and noisy birds were my favorite for a long time. It never crossed my mind to get a canary as a pet. In my opinion they lacked character. Some of those parakeet were sweet, some were happy, some were nasty.One of them was a killer! A green female with red eyes! She killed a few partners, yes she did! She was kind of a Green Widow! They were all different and so cute! The yellow feathers were not that attractive when compared with blues and greens with white and black dots I grew accustomed to.
Of course there was the singing. Everybody knows that a canary has a melodious singing. Male ones are the better singers. This I learned after the little feather guy dropped by my door one year ago. I knew nothing about canaries except that they are yellow and sing well! Males sing to attract the female. This one also sings but not as good as expected. They sing to mark their territory and to find a lady bird friend.
I picked up the yellow bird and run to the pet store where I bought a cage, a seeds mixture and asked how to identify if I got a bird male or a female. It was a male. But for a long time he did not sang. It seems that when they are young they do not sing. They don’t sing when it’s moulting season, the time when he loses his feathers and get new ones. It’s a two month period of time more or less. I played canary singing audio for him a few times but it had no effect!
Anyway I wanted to buy a bigger cage but the pet store did not have a bigger one. I don’t like the idea of a bird inside a cage anymore, you know? But if he stayed on the street he would not have live much. (They live 5 to 9 years by the way.) We have lots of cats around in the neighborhood. Once I was at Porto and I was sitting at a coffee table near Douro river chatting with friends. Then I saw a canary flying and the next moment I saw a black cat with a canary in its mouth! Poor bird! So I am glad the bird knocked at my door. Suddenly I owned a Tweety Bird.
One year ago I started reading about canaries. At first because I didn’t know nothing about canaries. Then because it got sick! I read a lot trying to understand what to do. I did not want to go to the vet. It’s very expensive. I went to the vet lots of times when my sister got her first dog. I was picturing myself in the waiting room with the little fellow surrounded by dogs and cats!OMG!
One of the first things I noticed while searching for info was that canaries can be yellow, red-orange, pink, white and brownish ones. I knew only about the yellow ones. And to my surprise I discovered that men are the most interested in the bird. I found a lot of men having blogs dedicated to the canary. And at last I got my answer in a forum from a man also. I bought a medicine for the canary on the internet and twice a week I would grab the little bird and put the ointment in its tiny paws. The red areas soon disappeared. I was grateful for the help! The little bird was saved, yeah! If you have never hold a bird in your hands you must know that they are almost weightless. It’s incredible how an animal so fragile can endure so much! One year and two months after here it is.
When I was a child we kept birds as pets. In my father and mother's house birds were around until I made it to Law school or even after that. It was budgerigars (budgies) not canaries. The colorful and noisy birds were my favorite for a long time. It never crossed my mind to get a canary as a pet. In my opinion they lacked character. Some of those parakeet were sweet, some were happy, some were nasty.One of them was a killer! A green female with red eyes! She killed a few partners, yes she did! She was kind of a Green Widow! They were all different and so cute! The yellow feathers were not that attractive when compared with blues and greens with white and black dots I grew accustomed to.
Of course there was the singing. Everybody knows that a canary has a melodious singing. Male ones are the better singers. This I learned after the little feather guy dropped by my door one year ago. I knew nothing about canaries except that they are yellow and sing well! Males sing to attract the female. This one also sings but not as good as expected. They sing to mark their territory and to find a lady bird friend.
I picked up the yellow bird and run to the pet store where I bought a cage, a seeds mixture and asked how to identify if I got a bird male or a female. It was a male. But for a long time he did not sang. It seems that when they are young they do not sing. They don’t sing when it’s moulting season, the time when he loses his feathers and get new ones. It’s a two month period of time more or less. I played canary singing audio for him a few times but it had no effect!
Anyway I wanted to buy a bigger cage but the pet store did not have a bigger one. I don’t like the idea of a bird inside a cage anymore, you know? But if he stayed on the street he would not have live much. (They live 5 to 9 years by the way.) We have lots of cats around in the neighborhood. Once I was at Porto and I was sitting at a coffee table near Douro river chatting with friends. Then I saw a canary flying and the next moment I saw a black cat with a canary in its mouth! Poor bird! So I am glad the bird knocked at my door. Suddenly I owned a Tweety Bird.
One year ago I started reading about canaries. At first because I didn’t know nothing about canaries. Then because it got sick! I read a lot trying to understand what to do. I did not want to go to the vet. It’s very expensive. I went to the vet lots of times when my sister got her first dog. I was picturing myself in the waiting room with the little fellow surrounded by dogs and cats!OMG!
One of the first things I noticed while searching for info was that canaries can be yellow, red-orange, pink, white and brownish ones. I knew only about the yellow ones. And to my surprise I discovered that men are the most interested in the bird. I found a lot of men having blogs dedicated to the canary. And at last I got my answer in a forum from a man also. I bought a medicine for the canary on the internet and twice a week I would grab the little bird and put the ointment in its tiny paws. The red areas soon disappeared. I was grateful for the help! The little bird was saved, yeah! If you have never hold a bird in your hands you must know that they are almost weightless. It’s incredible how an animal so fragile can endure so much! One year and two months after here it is.
I found a few Zazzle products inspired by the yellow bird! Unfortunatley the search mechanism of the site ins't working properly, it did not allow me to browse many pages. Have a look!
Vintage 1800s Canary Song Bird Template Canaries Poster by silvervintage
Browse Vintage Posters online at Zazzle.com
Canary 11 Oz Magic Heat Color-Changing Coffee Mug by birdorable
Create unique personalized coffee cups at Zazzle
Klimt Canary iphone case iPhone 4/4S Covers by Jenlo262
Shop for Bird iPhone Cases online at Zazzle.com
Little Yellow Bird iphone case iPhone 4/4S Cases by Jenlo262
Check out more iPhone 4S Cases at Zazzle
Canary Bird Cage Victorian Greeting Card by Sweetcats
See other greeting card templates on zazzle.com
Victorian Girl Blue Dress Yellow Bird Postcard by Sweetcats
Get the best in online postcard printing at zazzle
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Adorable tshirts for small children from Zazzle
Hi and welcome!
Another day another Zazzle store in the spotlight! There's a big, big problem with this Zazzle store called Lyudmila. It's a very tiny store, with just a few lovely illustrations that leaves us imagining and wanting more from the designer. Lovely characters creation! Judge for yourselves. Personally I liked the tshirts for small children very much. And the reason why I am making this post so fast is because Lyudmila has some cute designs for Halloween that I did not include in my recent collective Halloween products post. Where are you Lyudmilla? Please comeback and update your store!
Dogbackriding Academy Greeting Card by Lyudmila
Shop for more greeting cards online at Zazzle.
#Raise Your Voice - Join Blog Action Day 2015
When I participated the first time in Blog Action Day blogging was more important than social networks. This was a blog thing more than anything else. Hence the name of this event - blog action! It was cool to know that we bloggers were making something together, thinking and sharing our thoughts, taking action.Today it starts on the blogs and moves away from it to socila networks. It's even better. The way we blog and use the internet changed a lot. But to take a moment to give attention to a theme or an important cause, to have some thought about it and join other voices, exchanging opinions, it's still relevant! If you never heard of this, come on, try it!
Read all about it bellow:
"We have the power to create the world we want to see when we raise our voice to promote positive change and expose unjust actions. However, those who their voices are often under attack.
This Blog Action Day we will celebrate those heroes who raise their voice when faced with censorship, threats and even violence. We will raise our voices to defend their right to raise theirs.
We will overcome silence with our words and actions. We will share their stories. We will fight for those whose voice has been silenced.
On October 16, we invite you to speak out with others around the world, as we support those who cannot do so safely. To showcase the power of our words, images, designs, videos and creativity by sharing our posts, and supporting partner organizations who all aim to protect and celebrate our blogging heroes and their ideas.
Join us, by being part of the global conversation on your own blog this Blog Action Day
You might want to focus on some from the past, someone you have recent heard about, or someone in your own community.
You might want to focus wider than one person , and discuss a movement, organisation or moment in time, or that you think need higher profile right now.
Or, you might want to take another angle completely. It’s up to you.
Why not share your ideas below in our comment section".
"We have the power to create the world we want to see when we raise our voice to promote positive change and expose unjust actions. However, those who their voices are often under attack.
This Blog Action Day we will celebrate those heroes who raise their voice when faced with censorship, threats and even violence. We will raise our voices to defend their right to raise theirs.
We will overcome silence with our words and actions. We will share their stories. We will fight for those whose voice has been silenced.
On October 16, we invite you to speak out with others around the world, as we support those who cannot do so safely. To showcase the power of our words, images, designs, videos and creativity by sharing our posts, and supporting partner organizations who all aim to protect and celebrate our blogging heroes and their ideas.
Join us, by being part of the global conversation on your own blog this Blog Action Day
You might want to focus on some from the past, someone you have recent heard about, or someone in your own community.
You might want to focus wider than one person , and discuss a movement, organisation or moment in time, or that you think need higher profile right now.
Or, you might want to take another angle completely. It’s up to you.
Why not share your ideas below in our comment section".
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