{"id":1914,"date":"2010-08-17T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T03:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/08\/17\/it-is-not-only-fine-feathers-that-make-fine-birds\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:40:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:40:22","slug":"it-is-not-only-fine-feathers-that-make-fine-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/08\/17\/it-is-not-only-fine-feathers-that-make-fine-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"IT IS NOT ONLY FINE FEATHERS THAT MAKE FINE BIRDS*"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve always been a collector, especially of small things. I’ve had shadowboxes to corral them in since I was a girl. Other than being wee, there wasn’t always a unifying theme to the things I collected, though small animal figurines keep showing up in every grouping. Some of them were outgrown as I got tired of them or lost interest: the dogs I adored as a child, the cow-themed things I had for awhile after college, the thankfully short pink flamingo phase. The only real collection in my house that is worthy of the name is in the moose bathroom, but I really don’t LOOk for them myself. They just tend to come to me. And I don’t buy every single one in sight: they have to speak to me somehow; they have to be special. <\/p>\n

During the pink flamingo phase, someone gave me a glass swizzle stick with a pink flamingo atop it. Since I don’t drink, swizzle sticks aren’t something I come across often or use, ever. But this one stuck around, and after awhile he acquired some companions. I’ve always had a soft spot for glass animals. My little glass feathered friends sit in a glass jar in a cupboard in the kitchen and once in a while I remember they are there and take them out and admire their miniature cleverness and detail. Every now and then, I’ll run across a bird I haven’t seen before and the aviary on posts will grow by one more.<\/p>\n

How many items does it take to make a collection? Three? Five? Nine? There are 10 of them now, since that first winged species-on-a-stick came into my possession in the early 80s: a toucan, a blue cockatoo, a whooping crane, a seagull, a parrot, swan twins in black & white plus a coscoroba swan, a canary, an unidentified white bird with a big red beak and the pink flamingo that started it all.<\/p>\n

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Feels Good to Know<\/b>: Sweden is the 3rd Best Country to Live in<\/a><\/p>\n

*Title from a quote by Aesop<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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