@Tony greetings, brother! yes i've been posting here whatever i post on signal and that way i'm still around ☻ i get really retreat-y, kinda hermitish.
@Tony this confuses me. these words dont go together
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.i think one day i would like to live away from the city where the only issue is the fear of bushfires. i never used to care where i lived - at all - but i don't like people so much anymore. or, i like them just fine, as long as they aren't near me. i don't want to be around them anymore. they have no consideration for others, no manners. it's like living in a nest of noisy beetles. i think i need more nature, more trees
@Twoinchdestroya okay ☻ i promise i will look into it. i have yards right now, it's a learning curve for someone like me who has no gardening skills, that's for sure. i just want to plant as many trees as i can get away with lol
@Tony@diceynes@KitlerIs6@bot someone tried to take photos of me when i was trapped in a car. another guy (the son of a woman who stopped to help) kept getting in his way. there are seriously fucked up ghouls in this world
@Zealist 🙏🏻 thank you, thank you. some people treat hens like shit just cos they're such goofy buddies, it breaks my heart. animals and birds are my one weakness. i'm kinda not a fan of humans in general but our furry and feathered buddies are innocent and deserve our protection. makes me weirdly happy to see you talking about looking after them that way ☻
@Zealist i know you will but i have to say this anyway cos i'm fucked up about animals etc - please take awesome care of your chickens! they're funny and kind and sweet if you keep them as pets. friend of mine had two pet chickens, and i thought they were weird, but i eventually got the hang of it. altho yours aren't pets, please be super kind to them 🙏🏻
@Grumblesock again, i feel emotional and humbled and comforted by reading your words. every word. you ever need anything you just tell me because i owe you a big favour.
i'm gonna leave her alone tonight. she's wild so i figure me trying to soothe her would be more traumatic than letting her be warm and safe and peaceful. i'm not gonna check until morning.
thank you for making me realise people are kind as well as everything else we all are. mostly i don't see much kindness to animals out there, so rn it's like feeling sun after a long winter ❤️
@Grumblesock no, please, a.m.a. any time, i'll stop what i'm doing to answer you, friend. i know replying in such an amazing way wasn't a big deal to you but it was to me. kindness is not wasted on me, i never forget it.
pigeon patty is still with us! ♡ she's being looked after like a prize show dog.
she's not up and about yet, but i was sure that i was helping her pass on, and now i'm not sure about that! i've been keeping her warm & making sure she has food and water. the hospital bed i made for her is inside a kitty carrier (idk what the name is for those hard plastic cat carriers with the hinge metal door that's hard to open sometimes, like a travel cage?) and during the day, after i'd fed the birds outside, i would put the carrier right up to the window, so she could see her friends. she seemed to like that a lot. she would be up the front of the carrier and facing the window. otherwise she hasn't been moving much.
here's a groovy thing that i'm just lucky to have. the previous owners of this house had chickens, so there is a lovely good-sized, properly made, chicken coop out the back. it was a blessing for me because my housemate added a wire covered run to it, and turned it into an outdoor kitty enclosure. william kitty is a psychopath and i can't let him run free, not even during the day. he would eat every living thing within a 5km radius if i did. so he has his own outdoor enclosure with a run that goes out onto the lawn. he was a feral wildling when my housemate adopted him but he's a sookum baby these days, and only spends a few hours out there at a time cos he wants to be where i am. but it's so amazing that he has that space, and he isn't locked in the house 24/7. i'm so grateful for it. he goes to a certain door when he wants to go out there. so everyone is happy.
but william has lost his outdoor space for the moment because this afternoon i put patty out there to see how she goes. she is still in her hospital nest in the carrier, but the carrier door is open, and her food and water are just in front of it. i put a towel over the carrier for tonight to try to keep it a little warmer - or at least not as cold. when i went to check on her a few hours after i put her out there and she hadn't come out yet, but she was moving her head, checking it out. i wouldn't wanna leap straight out of that sweet nest i made her either!
sorry if this was too long winded but the good news is pigeon patty is in a safe spot and living like a queen. even tho she's not dancing (or eating much) yet, i'm happy for her as i didn't expect her to make it thru the first night ♡ ♡ ♡
i don't think she's out of the woods by any means, so it's still a wait and see situation, really. her legs aren't broken, her wings aren't broken - i'm just happy i can take care of her to see if she can make it ☻