Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[aart]

I'm sure I saw a snake in there.

Glad I wasn't the only one.

 

[BY Bob]

Stunning. Really a very special work of art.

It really is a work of art. Amazing

 

[BY Bob]

Forgot to add the pictures of me trying to get them to like me. Here goes. View attachment 2203994View attachment 2203995

That looks pretty successful to me. I find cheese Itz and mealy worms work great as well. Maybe mealy worms in your hand so they have to stand on you to eat them.

 

[Ribh]

A Very Special Present

This has been a very special week at Fluffy Butt Acres. It was already great with the birth of the little chickies. It got especially so yesterday when a wonderful present arrived at my house.

Back when Maleficent passed @Shadrach reached out to me personally and said that he wanted to do something to commemorate her passing. Yesterday it arrived.

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Someone once described his lamps as "tactile". That is truly an apt description. You cannot appreciate how wonderful they are until you can touch them.

This is one of the most special things I can remember receiving. Not that I would ever forget Maleficent but this lamp is the perfect commemoration for one of the lights of my life. It is truly a work of art.

Thank you so much Shadrach.

That is beautiful! I particularly like the ones Shad does that are one flowing line, like this one. I'd be jealous only I can't think of anyone I'd rather have one. I am so happy for you.

 

[BY Bob]

That is beautiful! I particularly like the ones Shad does that are one flowing line, like this one. I'd be jealous only I can't think of anyone I'd rather have one. I am so happy for you.

You are too sweet. I feel very blessed.

 

[RoyalChick]

That is beautiful! I particularly like the ones Shad does that are one flowing line, like this one. I'd be jealous only I can't think of anyone I'd rather have one. I am so happy for you.

Totally agree with both points!

 

[RoyalChick]

That looks pretty successful to me. I find cheese Itz and mealy worms work great as well. Maybe mealy worms in your hand so they have to stand on you to eat them.

I suspect it is because they don't have a real live Mom to show them what is good, but they don't really react to anything like a treat. It is like they don't know it is a good thing. I got the Princesses when they were a lot older (but still youngsters) and I had a similar experience with them - they didn't know about 'greens' for example.
So I don't have anything to 'bribe them' with. I have to rely on my winning personality! Well that,. and familiarity so I am trying to handle them as often as possible to show I mean no harm and they do like perching so if I hold my hand up high they do like sitting there.

 

[MaryJanet]

A Very Special Present

This has been a very special week at Fluffy Butt Acres. It was already great with the birth of the little chickies. It got especially so yesterday when a wonderful present arrived at my house.

Back when Maleficent passed @Shadrach reached out to me personally and said that he wanted to do something to commemorate her passing. Yesterday it arrived.

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Someone once described his lamps as "tactile". That is truly an apt description. You cannot appreciate how wonderful they are until you can touch them.

This is one of the most special things I can remember receiving. Not that I would ever forget Maleficent but this lamp is the perfect commemoration for one of the lights of my life. It is truly a work of art.

Thank you so much Shadrach.

Wow!!

 

[MaryJanet]

Chick Fix

Here they are this morning.

Yay! A chick fix! Great way to start a sunday

 

[Shadrach]

As one might expect, By Bob has been unreasonably generous in his portrayal of events.
A few weeks a go I was seriously struggling financially here. I had spent the last of my money on a couple of bags of chicken feed and a few essentials with absolutely no idea how I was to survive without any cash. Food is not a problem, nor are bills really but anything that needs paying for was looking like a serious challenge. When the main house went into shutdown I didn't get paid. Normally throughout the year I sell a few lamps or other items I make. The sale of one lamp can net me a months income, or more. Missing the late winter and spring fairs, not have guests renting the apartment attached to the main house which has provided a few customers over a year because they see me making the lamps, and not be allowed to travel even locally meant no income.
Bob very generously offered to help out financially which I couldn't accept. A couple of other people offered to fund the chicken feed which was what I was most concerned about. Interestingly it wasn't the people who one might expect from the 'we're such nice people' parade. Of course I didn't accept and in the end my daughter paid for the feed and a couple of other items I needed.
I think it is very hard for most to grasp how I live here. I'm not complaining. I made a choice many years ago to live a simple live in relative poverty. I think Bob has a rough idea more than most.
A number of people have expressed an interest in obtaining one of the lamps I make. Bob sent me a PM stating an interest in buying one. At this point I offered to try and make something commemorative of Maleficient.
I write this because Bob is portraying me as a generous person who has provided a gift, where the truth is Bob has shown timely intervention and a spirit of generosity not common in my experience of people. I like to be honest in my dealings with people and in portraying an accurate image of who I am.
So, the reality is, thank you Bob for taking a risk and buying one of my lamps. I couldn't think of anyone I would rather give one to and perhaps one day in better circumstances I can repay your kindness.

I'll just mention that the purchase of the lamp will enable me to buy more electrics etc and make more lamps!!!