#a budgies life

[bluebudgie]

Ive played greatsword reaper for 880 hours and i swear to god it didnt have that shadow claw pull on skill 5 before yesterday

[diadraws]

i babysat my roommates budgies over the weekend & drew fanart of them

[sidetongue]

my dogs now start squeaking when we turn down Possum's street

[iheartvmt]

So apparently I have a budgie now.

This little dude just showed up at my window yesterday in the middle of a snowstorm! I've got him set up in my finches' old cage with food and such, found pet posts all over our local FB pages, and a visit with an avian vet scheduled for Friday (assuming his owners don't claim him by then)

He bit me like 10 times when I first picked him up and assessed him (which tbh, fair), but today he's been much friendlier and interacting willingly :)

[anthonyzoxide]

Another day another beastlife. On the menu today? These guys are courtesy of @cowbeast and @commanderrcat respectively :D (budgies related)

[dovetart]

THIS BIRD KEEPS GOING IN PLACES SHE ISNT ALLOWED TO GO (behind my keyboard where she has free access to wires she totally won’t chew /sarcastic)

[dendro80]

At the beginning of June, this little fellow came to our house. What adventures he had gone through we can only guess. He was tired, hungry and above all he was looking for closeness. A safe place. Jump onto the finger and then he was home. He has now been with us for two months, but already on the first day he stole our heart. We gave him the name Rutger (because it was the namesday the second day since he arrived).

I havnt found anyone that seems to look for him. And now I hope he can stay. ❤️🐦 In one month we will know. ❤️

The pictures in the collage is from the first days.

He is a real charmer. ❤️🐦

[thatswhatsushesaid]

important bird update

we now have a third. her name is soleil (but pronounced the italian way, don't ask me, husband named her), she is konopie's emotional support friend, and her call sounds identical to an old fashioned rotary telephone.

is three birds a flock? i think we have a flock now.

[pennaraptor]

im thinking of maybe getting a couple budgies next year (or someday). i thought having any more budgies would just be too stressful (because of their tiny-ness, i came to this conclusion some years ago) but upon more reflection and having attempted to adopt conures i just think maybe budgies are worth it because its where my heart is. you know

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[crippleculture]

yeah these are my emotional support animals! *points to animals that make my daily life actively harder*

[pinkiexneomorph277]

Look at these fluffs , nearly look like twins !!!

(Life stuff)

[etraytin]

20th Anniversary Special!

I just took a poll that reminded me I didn't post anything yet about my big anniversary trip! With Kiddo away at camp and visiting his grandparents for three weeks, my husband and I got a chance to do something we've never done before, which is get away for a romantic anniversary weekend! It was extra special because this year marks our 20th anniversary! We met at 16, got engaged at 20 and married at 22, so I've already known him well over half my life and in two more years we'll have been married more years than we were not. We've been together so long that we've shaped each other, like two trees that started out saplings and grew up entwined. We also have all the same cultural references and inside jokes, which means that basically nobody else understands us when we really get going.

We saved up some money ahead of time for the trip (which was briefly threatened with the whole job loss thing, but saved in the nick of time by New Job, whew!) so we went extravagant (for us)! We got a hotel suite with a balcony for two nights, did a romantic sunset dinner cruise, and then a downtown food tour of different restaurants and fancy cooking places. (I have the _best_ balsamic vinegar now, it is the consistency of thin chocolate syrup and tastes like tangy heaven.) We ate at a French creperie and toured the silly local tourist spot, and went to two history museums on different local topics. This morning we finished off our weekend at the zoo, where we got to hold a bunch of squabbling budgies and remember the early years of our marriage when we had ten budgies of our own and a flight cage the size of a sofa to keep them in.

(When my husband proposed to me all those years ago, he did it in the parking lot of my dorm building after a nine hour drive from his school to mine. I'd come down to greet him with one of my budgies on my shoulder, and when I said yes and we embraced, she bit him on the nose. It was very romantic.)

Anyway, our hotel was decorated on a whole textiles theme, so it was all buttons and sewing machines and framed thread bobbins and such, so it was sort of like they made a hotel entirely based on my interests and it was pretty great. In the lobby they had these dress forms that they encouraged visitors to glue buttons onto to commemorate their visit. We decided to glue our buttons together and stick them to the form that way, like one big fancy button.

It was a pretty great weekend, absolutely one to remember. Scary things happened in the world during the weekend, and a lot of things are looking uncertain, but I'm just going to keep doing what we've been doing and hold tightly to my loved ones and friends, try to do good wherever I can, and hope that tomorrow things will be okay. I'm very, very lucky to have the husband that I do, someone who has been my best friend and partner all these years, and that's always something to celebrate.

[sidetongue]

me: have fun just stay out of the prickle bushes xx

dogs:

[greencheekconure27]

My budgies love pumpkin but because I usually only buy pumpkins when they're in season they keep Forgetting they like pumpkin so instead of just eating it they waste the first couple of days just staring at it suspiciously before suddenly going into full feeding frenzy.

[bluebudgie]

The last thing you see before you die. (Alternative title: I hope for everyone that this guy will never snap because if he does places will blow up.)

And because I couldn't decide whether to upload screenshots or gifs you get both.