Charlie the Hatchling – 3 weeks+ old

For my pigeon loving readers on wordpress, here is Charlie – the 3rd pigeon to have been born on our balcony since April ‘07 – with a nice set of feathers, taken last monday where he (or she) is probably around 3 weeks and 3 or so days old, catching some.. color in the sun [...]

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Charlie the Hatchling – 9 to 11 days old

Look what dad and I found on our balcony last wednesday! That’s right, a wee little baby pigeon! Last thing I expected to find there in the end of June, but there it was, a little baby pigeon! His, or her, name is Charlie (my friend Ticara came up with the name.) Full name is [...]

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Painting: A Pink Bicycle’s Nightmare – Completed

It’s done, finally! It’s a bit sloppy in some places but the whole idea was to be somewhat more playful and less of a perfectionist so there you are, plus it’s in keeping with the theme so I wasn’t all that bothered with it, but now I am a little bit. Anyway, the final product [...]

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Painting: My first mural – Progression pt. 1

My “A Pink Bicycle’s Nightmare” painting is not yet completed, but last Saturday I stood here in my bedroom holding a beer in one hand and in the other, well, nothing, staring at my dull, empty, orange walls.
So I took a sip of my beer and a thought hit me right in the head “This [...]

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Painting: A Pink Bicycle’s Nightmare – Progression pt. 1

Been working on this for the last 2 weeks and as the title implies it’s still a work in progress.
I’m having fun sticking stuff onto the painting, something I haven’t done before, but after completing my latest painting I realised it’s really fun to be playful with your art.
So, I took some of my rolling [...]

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Frankie at 4 weeks and 6 days old

Finally some Frankie news! The last 2 weeks it has been impossible to take a decent look at Frankie let alone a picture what with all his (or her) hiding, but since this weekend I’ve seen Frankie outside his hiding place near the nest, walking around on the balcony and I’ve seen him fly, though [...]

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Painting (FIRE FIRE) & Baby pigeon (Frankie-3 weeks old)

At last, I’ve finished that painting I’ve been working on since March.
It just sat there on top of my currently non-functioning speakers for the last few weeks waiting for me to finish the dreadful details and yesterday I finally got it done.
The story sort of goes like “FIRE! I go out the window, you take [...]

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Fly Carlos Fly!

Who is the lucky lady who is proud to present her personal best pigeon-in-flight photo yet? That’s right, a lot of ladies, but this is my blog so today it’s me!;)
This was the result of my attempt at communicating with Carlos today but I don’t think I did it right, unless this means “Follow me, [...]

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Cats ‘n birds

I bring new pictures, only not of Frankie because the last few (rather sunny) days he has been sitting in such a well covered spot, that I can only see a bit of his side and tail feathers.
Well, only if I get on all fours and am almost lying on the concrete, so that ’s [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – week 2

Not a lot to report on Frankie today, except that for a moment I thought someone had stolen him when I didn’t find him sitting in the spot he’d been sitting the past 2 weeks. See, what else is a girl to think? Makes perfect sense that I thought someone had climbed six floors up, [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – day 13

So, Frankie and I had fun today; I made fun of his hair, he just looked at me; I told him how I have a dentist appointment this Wednesday; he just looked at me and after that we sat together in silence for a while.
Either he’s a good listener or he’s just very bored with [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – day 11

I didn’t think Frankie had changed this much since yesterday’s post, but his feathers have grown considerably since then, from a hint of such to something you can actually call feathers. And he’s starting to lose more and more of that yellow fuzz.

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Frankie the Hatchling – day 10

Hey look at that, Frankie is starting to look less like a Beatle. I’m not completely satisfied with this photo, I tried various lenses and settings but I just couldn’t get the shot I wanted, but at least it shows the 10th day, where his feathers are starting to make a small appearance, after the [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – 8 days old

Frankie tried to stand up today, I assume to try and get away from me. Can’t blame him, if I was as tiny as a pigeon’s foot I’d want to run, too. But his legs couldn’t hold him for more than a second.

Original size here.
He was facing the wall, so unfortunately I couldn’t snap a [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – 6 days old

This is from Monday (Apr. 14) but my computer and Photoshop make for a very slow combination so I put off posting it right away.

I think I like it better taking Frankie’s picture from the front instead of from above, or better, I should just take photos from several angles. I should use my head [...]

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