May 13, 2024

Maybe the last update for this year: the nest isn't big enough for the three of them? Or little gal in the second pic was ready to start adulting? As it happens, 10-15 minutes after I took these photos, and several minutes after little gal hovered at the edge of the balcony looking over the edge and occasionally flapping her wings, she bolted to a nearby tree -- her maiden voyage, I'm betting!

 

And then there were two...

 

 

 

May 6, 2024

In other news, foodie doings this past weekend Chez Stas:

 

(1) Pasta with figs and walnuts (lunch) - prep stage

(2) Moqueca (Brazilian fish stew) (dinner) - early prep stage

😋😋

May 6, 2024

French balcony update: all the little guys are still there, and they're starting to get their feathers. 😍

  

May 1, 2024

And then there were three (lil pink feather sacks on my balcony).

 

April 29, 2024

💕💕💕

April 27, 2024

So the two eggs laid an egg? 😕

April 27, 2024

Little Spike, my fugitive night blooming cereus leaf, has now produced three stalks, two with two leaves each, and this monster, now almost three feet [sic] long, with lots of frilly spikes in tribute to her mama. So I've decided to name her Spiny Norman.