{"id":1694,"date":"2024-06-17T20:53:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2024-06-17T20:53:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:53:06","slug":"our-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2024\/06\/17\/our-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Our House"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not just the wrens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is Shorty.<\/p>\n

\"Bobbin\"<\/a>

Photo by Jenny<\/p><\/div>\n

Shorty is a year-old robin, one of the expanding family that lives in the shaggy old laurel tree out the front, and together with his (or her\u2014difficult to tell with robins) parents\/sibs, hops around hoping for us to dig up some tasty worms or bugs, or failing that, accidentally on-purpose spill some chicken feed as I bring it out in the morning.<\/p>\n

Shorty appears to be missing what I thought was an essential part of being a bird, viz<\/em>. a tail. Actually there’s no ‘appears’ about it. We’ve no idea if this was through some accident, or a close encounter with a crow or cat or other embodiment of evil, but Shorty doesn’t have one.<\/p>\n

This absence doesn’t appear to bother him, although he does wobble a bit when alighting on a handy plant pot or other perch (canonically it should be a spade handle of course, but I’m very good about putting them away after use. He seems to prefer the woodshed by the kitchen door).<\/p>\n

And like the rest of the family, Shorty is quite bold. Perhaps the boldest of them all. He’ll sit atop the woodshed as I do chicken business in the morning, quite content to wait until I’ve finished (and dropped the usual accidentally on-purpose pellets, naturally). On occasion, apparently wiser of his kin have sat up in the buddleia, tic-tic-ticking<\/em> at him to come away, be more careful, while he and I have a little chat down by the hen house.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Shorty flew into the conservatory. We had both doors open, and all the greenery must have looked quite inviting. I grabbed a handful of chicken feed and gently walked around behind him until he got the hint and flew out the door. I distributed the feed around his usual perches, and he seemed to accept the apology.<\/p>\n

In other news, I started a new job a dozen days ago. So that’s nice, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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