The finches are no longer afraid of new things, so long as the new things in question can be used as nesting material. The only problem is that they’d rather not have to carry more than one strand of thread in their beaks, which results in much dropping and refetching of materials.
Each morning for the past few days, I’ve put a modest pile of fabric trimmings at the bottom of their cage (the clean part), and when I’ve returned home from work, all the scraps are gone. No scraps, only proud looking birds. They’ve been very industrious today, as the above picture demonstrates.
And since my mom wondered where the birds live:
Notice how I can’t seem to find one perfect storage system and stick to it. Oh well. At least everything is in something at the moment. I’ve seen these Magiker bookshelves (from Ikea, obviously) being used in others’ creative spaces; namely, I remember Claire contemplating buying some for her studio. I also saw them featured in a Country Living/Country Homes/Cottage Homes type magazine, with fabric panels tacked behind the glass doors. I’m really eager to try this (using double-sided tape) on the two units of mine which have doors. Nobody needs to see my ever-growing mountain of fabric, anyway.
