MIA and The Cockateils (Weiro for you Aussies)

I know I have been out of the blogging loop this week, between the frustrating blogger issues, my elderly neighbors being in a car wreck (they will be ok, Miss L is home but got cracked ribs, Miss A is still in hospital because of low blood pressure) life in general, and then getting ready for tonight when myself and Lil Sara have an over night stay at the hospital for her to have a sleep study...She possibly has sleep apnea, which would explain why at almost 3yrs old she still does not sleep thru the night...

But in the meantime I thought I would share a couple of my pets with you...Incase I don't get back later today to post the pix I took in the garden this week.

These are my "baby" birds...Each day we wheel their cage out on to the front porch and each night hubby brings them in...not sure what we will do once we are too old and grey to get it up and down that step since these guys can live for 25yrs...The cage is taller than me at 5"6'.

Hey Ma' whatcha doin'?

This is "Boy" and he is our newest, we got him to keep Schnitzel company after Spunky our original male was killed by on owl this past Christmas night...hence why the cage comes in each night now...

This is Schnitzel ..She is not so up close and personable as Boy but she is a little loopy and totally sweet...Her name suits her personality to a T...She is also the only Female I have known that can woof-whistle...Something she learnt from our dear departed Spunky.

Boy again...I have about 20 photos of him up close because...well, Boy likes to get up close to you...worries me since he was doing it to one of the cats the other day...Boy was hand reared by the lady at the rescue center were we got him a couple of months ago.

Blessings Kelsie

How to catch a Fairy...

Our spring gardens include plans to create a fairy garden in the back yard....

Of course to have a fairy garden you need fairies...

This got me thinking...How does one go about catching fairies...

Fairies as we all know love all things pink, sparkly and shabby chic...(Much like many of us lady bloggers)...Oh the photo btw is not about catching fairies...It is just a sneak peak at something I am working on to go into the fairy garden as well :)

This is our fairy bait...because we all know a fairy can not resist a pretty teacup (again much like lady bloggers) and we have some lovely smelling rose buds and some ever so pretty sparkly crystals...

But it is not enough to simply attract the fairies, we need to catch them....So I placed my fairy bait inside of a cage set in my herb garden...Fairies LOVE herb gardens...

Fairies are also very fussy, so not just any cage will do.

It must be a vintage pink bird cage...

OH MY!!!

It worked...seems we have caught not one, but two fairies...

Oh what a sweet little face is peering out at me...

This one is enchanted by the lovely fresh parsley I planted yesterday evening...

I know it seems cruel to capture fairies, but it is only so I can invite them to come live in our lovely garden I am creating just for them....Without such drastic measures one might never see a fairy, let alone have the chance invite her to tea...


I hope you all are having a magical Pink Saturday...Don't forget to pop over and visit Beverly @ http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com and enjoy all the other lovely pink posts...

Blessings Kelsie

Be Still My "Heart Cage"

A couple of weeks ago while visiting one my favorite antique stores "Vicki and Fred's New and Used Furniture" with hubby I came across an amazing heart shaped bird cage and floor stand...It stood about the same height as me 5"4'...It was so lovely and I wanted it sooooo much, but after discussing it with hubby we both decided that a large metal floor stand and a 2yr old were not a good combo in any house.

So at the store it stayed *sad*...but I could not stop thinking about it...And then happened upon one on a random blog and it was like a sign...I just had to have that heart shaped cage and stand...I even worked out that if we were to place it on the front porch, it would not only look perfect, but would not be such a temptation for Lil Sara to pull it onto herself.

The very next chance we got, hubby and I headed down to the store to buy the cage...Oh so sad I was when Fred told me he had sold it 2 days earlier...But here is the real kicker...It had been in the store for 3 YEARS....arggggg.

All was not lost though...Tucked away on top of a dresser was a miniature version of the heart cage...And I guess Fred felt bad for me because he reduced the price by 30% and let me have the table top heart cage and stand for just $10.

Couldn't wait to get home and remove the dusty vines.

This is how it looked when I first got home...Super cheap looking plastic ivy...the florist foam was crumbling and it was all caked in dust....the little quail on the inside was very cute but not the right scale for such a small cage...So I very quickly removed everything to expose the lovely cage and stand underneath...

I switched the Dollar Tree bird from my other large birdcage with the oringinal Quail...
Not sure he will stay in here either, was just trying him for scale.

The stand is a touch over 18inches tall, and the cage is 8x8.5 inches....I have not decided what color to paint it yet...Though the current colors match my Robert Juniper Print in the living room, I do not think the styles are a good match...Mic suggested pink and it live in her room (she is out of luck because she has no where to put it in her room), I am leaning towards white paint of course and switching it for the large cage in the guest room... Then hanging the large cage on the front porch, which was the original plan for it when I first painted that one....For now I am just glad to have my "Heart Cage"

Kelsie

Sharing today for

Most Beautiful Birdhouse....

Yup another post about birds...You are all going to think I am obsessed with our feathered friends...But this one is different...I want to share a couple of little projects we did yesterday.

I have had this old birdcage for a couple of year now (ok 4 or 5 ) waiting to have the right place for it in my home...After viewing many wonderful blogs and seeing gorgeous displays with cages I was feeling inspired....So off to the Dollar Tree me and lil Sara went, just looking for some bits and bobs to finish off the bare cage...Once I got home I did a dry run, but then quickly realized the "dirty" yellow paint had to go, so yup you guessed it...out came the white paint.

Since I could not spray paint it due to weather, having lil Sara in tow and I must be crazy. I was so impatient to have it white, I painted it with a brush...NOT something I would be in a hurry to repeat...As you can see it has found a home on the bedside table in the guestroom...Since this room is still "under construction" this is all you get to see for now.

The total cost of the cage make over was $7...Even the little bird was only $1, he is as cute as can be, though he was in the "coastal" section at the store I think he works here too.


So what was lil Sara doing while I was being insane and hand painting the bird cage?...Creating her own birdie master piece of course *grin*

She saw this little birdhouse in the craft section of Walmart and HAD to have it...So while I worked at the kitchen table, she sat quietly in her highchair and painted too.

Isn't she just darling?

Hey look mummy, I didn't need the paint brush after all.

The end result is the most beautiful birdhouse...

I hope yall are having a great week, we have a busy day planned while lil Sara is at Daycare, hopefully by the time we have to pick her up, we will have a fence around the backyard...
Kelsie

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