My 2D homies

[Louisabell]

I don't appreciate strict rules when they have no room for compassion. The story ultimately just leaves me with a sense of distrust for "authority figures". Turns out that's actually encoded into my astrology, so I might not ever be able to shake that one...

I imagine that people wouldn't poach to make money selling illegal parrots if their needs were met. So like most solutions presented these days, it looks good, but really, it doesn't solve the heart of the problem (which is presumably that some people are so desperate they'll capture parrots to sell to get money). Sure, I want the birds to live happy and free. I love birds. There's no wild parrots here, but hey, I'm just as happy to see some chickadees and sparrows and bluejays living freely in nature around here so I respect that. It's just when "solutions" prevent compassionate decisions from taking root and form that makes me angry. There always needs to be room for human wiggle room.

Er, in my 2D news, there's a squirrel that's jumping up into the bird feeder that really doesn't give a crap about the cat behind the glass. It's the funniest damn thing. I'm pretty sure he's taunting my cat. I have video footage but I don't know how to gif it. I do know many things but that is one I do not and gawd I don't have time to think right now, too much work (maybe just enough work? But it cuts into my ability to do energetic work too). If I can figure it out I will share sometime because I think it's hilarious.

Rules definately have their limitations. I wish all these situations could be assessed on a case by case basis. Believe me, I can see how senseless these things can be. I just try to focus on the positives. I was actually pretty upset about it during that time.

The bird I found was a unique breed of bird which I hadn't seen before. Sometime after what happened, about 3 months, I saw another two fledgings that looked exactly like him following their mama bird in my backyard. It caught my eye immediately. The mama bird jumped over the fence and one of them followed. The other one was apprehensive and didn't go at first. I was worried that this little fledging would get hurt so I kept lookout to make sure he'd be OK. He gave me a look and then after a bit of time ran off and jumped the fence. I like to think that this was a little message to say "hey I'm OK, I'm back now".

Squirrels are so adorable! If I had squirrels where I live I'd be leaving out some yummy nuts for sure. Hope you're able to share your footage of them here one day.