Introducing Flax and Leaf

It's been a while since my last blog post.  Though I said that life would likely get in the way of my sitting to write this, I still feel like I'm letting this new creative outlet down.  Funny how human that is. 


As previously discussed in this blog, my eldest daughter loves birds. She reads about them, whether fiction or non-fiction and uses birds in all her creative play.  For the past 6 months she has been wishing on anything at hand (dandelion puffs, first stars, fairy wands), that she could have 100 birds of her very own.  Of course, 100 birds is a little over the top.  But it was her fondest wish to own birds of her own and so when a deal came up on a kitset aviary, we decided to get it. 


Last weekend, in order to round out her school holiday break, we pulled the kitset out of its box.  With the help of a family friend, and Daddy, Leandra was able to build her aviary.  We then set it out on the deck and went to the pet shop to pick out her birds.  Two Zebra Finches called Flax and Leaf.  As I type that I can hear my own voice sing-songing those words!  If you clicky click on the youtube link, you'll understand why.

My daughter is one with Nature in a way I wish I could be.  The birds' names are a reflection of this.  I wonder if it's a good reflection of future grandchildren's names as well.  Perhaps.  For the moment, she is 6.  Wonderful 6.  The world is full of wonder.  She is full of awesome.  And now, she has two birds and dreams of a massive free-flight aviary on a patch of land, where she will live in a caravan with the birds all the days of her life, writing, drawing and giving tours of her aviary.