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The Finster Log
The Joy Of Painting
Posted on: 03/12/07, 20:41:07
The Fill The Holes In The Ceiling Guys came by Thursday morning to fill the holes in the ceilings, and they were going to paint on Thursday afternoon. But then something came up, so they arranged to come Friday. But then something came up, and so they arranged to come Saturday. Well, you get the idea. At one point the Main Ceiling Guy promised to come the next morning with flowers, but that hasn't happened yet. I AM HOLDING MY BREATH, OF COURSE. Each time the job was postponed I figured it would only be one more day, so the Finsters could stay in their tiny little dungeon. But this morning the Main Ceiling Guy called to say that the paint matching machines at both Lowe's and Home Depot were broken.
Yes, broken. Yes, both of them. And I have to say, he seemed as surprised as I was. Right. And let me also point out that the big job he's working on right now is for someone my landlord knows, so my landlord has no sympathy. Sigh.
To be fair, the five patches in my ceilings formerly known as holes are small, and I really don't mind being on call for the Ceiling Guys. The job will take no more than ten minutes, after all. But I hate keeping the Finsters in the tiny hospital cage for an unknown amount of time. So I arranged with the Main Ceiling Guy that he should call me when the nicely matched paint is in his hands, and we'd arrange a time for me to get the birds ready then.
So I did a little dance, lined up the hospital cage with the Finsterium (this is an old picture, it pops), and opened the two doors.
Move In Day!
This isn't a great photo, as I took it through the side of the Finsterium, which is wrapped in plastic to keep winter breezes out. The green box is the opening of the bottom part of the Finsterium door. The pink box is the opening of the hospital cage. Here's what happened:
9:53 a.m.: the cages are arranged, and the doors are open.
10:05: Cinnamon flies into the Big House! He flies around, sings his Hunka Hunka Burning Love song, calls out to the other Finsters, and stays up on the perches. The food is very attractive, but the hospital cage sitting there seems to make him nervous.
10:32: Ginger joins Cinnamon in the Big House! Huzzahs all around!
10:34: Ginger hops inside one of the nest boxes.
10:35: Cinnamon joins Ginger in the nest box.
10:42: Ginger flies down to the floor to eat corn, and Cinnamon joins her. (Corn, being Very Sticky, was not offered in the hospital cage.)
10:46: Cassia flies into the Finsterium!
10:56: Dirty from not having taken a proper bath since Wednesday, the Finsters start bathing. Szechwan (Pepper) immediately flies into the Finsterium to join them! The bath goes on and on, with Finsters flying to a perch to preen, and then flying back down for more.
11:08: Oolong finally joins the rest of the gang in the Finsterium, and immediately eats some corn.
There is nothing better than Move In Day!
A few final notes: 1) The Finsters took an unprecedented number of baths today; I lost count. 2) The timing of the stay in the hospital cage turned out well, everything considered, since the birds stayed there over the Daylight Savings change, and didn't even notice that annoying time difference. 3) While in the hospital cage, three Finsters slept on the edge of the bird bath (picture pops), and two slept on perches; I think it was a different bird arrangement each night. 4) Although I didn't clean the entire cage, I did take the opportunity to clean all the perches and the White Nest Box One Quarter Full Of Empty Seed Hulls — now once again known as the Magic Purveyor Of Tasty Seeds. 5) I forgot to mention the Poops Of Fear while I was catching the Finsters on Wednesday night. Bruce is familiar with the phenomenon, but since I don't usually catch them, I'd never noticed it before. Birds usually poop right before flying, to lighten the load. Apparently they do the same thing when they're terrified, in case they're about to fly. So every time I turned the lights out to try to catch a Finster, I heard a chorus of poops falling to the ground. They probably lost a lot of weight that night.
Here's hoping the Paint The Patches Formerly Known As Holes In The Ceilings Guys never call back.
Yes, broken. Yes, both of them. And I have to say, he seemed as surprised as I was. Right. And let me also point out that the big job he's working on right now is for someone my landlord knows, so my landlord has no sympathy. Sigh.
To be fair, the five patches in my ceilings formerly known as holes are small, and I really don't mind being on call for the Ceiling Guys. The job will take no more than ten minutes, after all. But I hate keeping the Finsters in the tiny hospital cage for an unknown amount of time. So I arranged with the Main Ceiling Guy that he should call me when the nicely matched paint is in his hands, and we'd arrange a time for me to get the birds ready then.
So I did a little dance, lined up the hospital cage with the Finsterium (this is an old picture, it pops), and opened the two doors.
Move In Day!
This isn't a great photo, as I took it through the side of the Finsterium, which is wrapped in plastic to keep winter breezes out. The green box is the opening of the bottom part of the Finsterium door. The pink box is the opening of the hospital cage. Here's what happened:
9:53 a.m.: the cages are arranged, and the doors are open.
10:05: Cinnamon flies into the Big House! He flies around, sings his Hunka Hunka Burning Love song, calls out to the other Finsters, and stays up on the perches. The food is very attractive, but the hospital cage sitting there seems to make him nervous.
10:32: Ginger joins Cinnamon in the Big House! Huzzahs all around!
10:34: Ginger hops inside one of the nest boxes.
10:35: Cinnamon joins Ginger in the nest box.
10:42: Ginger flies down to the floor to eat corn, and Cinnamon joins her. (Corn, being Very Sticky, was not offered in the hospital cage.)
10:46: Cassia flies into the Finsterium!
10:56: Dirty from not having taken a proper bath since Wednesday, the Finsters start bathing. Szechwan (Pepper) immediately flies into the Finsterium to join them! The bath goes on and on, with Finsters flying to a perch to preen, and then flying back down for more.
11:08: Oolong finally joins the rest of the gang in the Finsterium, and immediately eats some corn.
There is nothing better than Move In Day!
A few final notes: 1) The Finsters took an unprecedented number of baths today; I lost count. 2) The timing of the stay in the hospital cage turned out well, everything considered, since the birds stayed there over the Daylight Savings change, and didn't even notice that annoying time difference. 3) While in the hospital cage, three Finsters slept on the edge of the bird bath (picture pops), and two slept on perches; I think it was a different bird arrangement each night. 4) Although I didn't clean the entire cage, I did take the opportunity to clean all the perches and the White Nest Box One Quarter Full Of Empty Seed Hulls — now once again known as the Magic Purveyor Of Tasty Seeds. 5) I forgot to mention the Poops Of Fear while I was catching the Finsters on Wednesday night. Bruce is familiar with the phenomenon, but since I don't usually catch them, I'd never noticed it before. Birds usually poop right before flying, to lighten the load. Apparently they do the same thing when they're terrified, in case they're about to fly. So every time I turned the lights out to try to catch a Finster, I heard a chorus of poops falling to the ground. They probably lost a lot of weight that night.
Here's hoping the Paint The Patches Formerly Known As Holes In The Ceilings Guys never call back.
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