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 Adorable Hamster and Cage

My version of Hamster and Cage #Genevieve's Design Studio Tutorial

I made this adorable hamster in his or her cage, following a Youtube tutorial by: Genevieve's Design Studio.

It was a fun tutorial and I'm happy with the way it came out.

I changed it up a wee bit, but not much.  

New Camera Test, Pigeon, Smokey, Dasha

I am LOVING my new camera.

I have been playing around with the zoom, comparing no zoom vs zoom, and here are some pigeon on the roof photos, lol.

No zoom

I didn't use any zoom in the above photo.  If you click on the photo to make it bigger, you can (just barely) see the pigeon on the roof).  In the photo below, I used partial zoom, and look how close the bird is now.

Partial Zoom

More zoom

more zoom

I couldn't zoom all the way in because the bird was too close to use the full zoom, but even with partial zoom, the details are stunning! Check out the purple feathers and the red eye!  So cool.

The pigeon didn't seem to mind being my first living model and seemed to pose.  Probably because I feed them and they know me, lol. 

My parrot, Smokey, on the other hand, was not as cooperative a model, lol.  Here she is, checking out the new camera. 

Smokey checking out my new camera

Smokey being destructive

Smokey throwing her bowl around

Smokey playing peekaboo

Smokey is an African Grey parrot; very clever, very talkative, but not a fan of cameras, lol.  I've been living with this bird since 1990; can you believe it?  She was 6 months old when I got her so we've been together almost all of her life.  She is very bonded to me and I worry about how she'll cope if anything ever happens to me.

Just for fun, I also tested the camera on my little Dwarf Hamster, Dasha.  She is very fast so I have to feed her to get her to slow down enough to get photos, lol.  

Merry Christmas 2019

Merry Christmas Everyone!

This was the LAST Christmas of the Decade...

Isn't that hard to believe?

I hope you all had a nice holiday season.  I had a wonderful time with family and friends.  My parents bought an amazing blue spruce tree; it's huge!  Check it out:

Mom and Dad enjoyed opening their gifts, and were very happy with everything I bought them, but were also mad because they thought I spent too much, lol.  My Mom is hard to buy for and doesn't want anything, so I mostly got her clothes.  I bought her 5 new tops, 2 pairs of pajamas, socks, lol, and some lotions and creams and household items.  Here's Mom with some of her gifts:

Dad's main gift was a Aerogarden Harvest, which is a hydroponic grow light set up.   

It came with a set of herb pods, but I also bought him the lettuce seed pods.  He decided to plant the herb pods first.  We set everything up yesterday after supper, because the lights are super bright so we're using them to basically light up the kitchen and entrance hall, lol.  The lights will be on all night so we won't have to use any other lights. 

Here's Dad with his brand new Aerogarden Harvest.  It's so bright, lol.

Here are the seed pods, planted on Dec. 27th at around 7 PM.   It will be exciting to see how quickly they sprout.

The pets also enjoyed their Christmas.  Smokey, my African Grey Parrot, opened her gifts under the tree.  She tried to open our gifts too.  She has been opening gifts under the tree for 30 years now, so she is a pro, lol.

Dasha the dwarf hamster also enjoyed her gifts.  She decided to sit on one of her treats while she ate another.  I cracked up laughing when I saw these pictures, as she is totally using the green pretzel treat as a little sitting stool, lol.

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday too!

Merry Christmas!

Hamster Bin Cage Tour

Hamster's new bin cage

 Chunkers is really loving his new bin cage playground.  I attached it to the cage he came with when I adopted him last week, via hamster tubes, and he zips up and down the tube constantly to explore the place. 

Chunkers the hamster and his new bin cage play ground

 I was able to get some good photos with the lid off when I was cleaning the cages the other day.  He has an edible hamster hut, a bendy log bridge, the puzzle play ground, half of a wooden box, which he likes a lot, both the upper and lower level of the box, lol, a silent spinner wheel, and a giant flying saucer toy, which is 12 inches and made for Chinchillas.  It's a bit too big for him so it doesn't work if he goes into the centre of the thing, but he's learned how to make it work.  I would have liked a bigger hamster wheel too, but they didn't have any in town.

He also has a hamster litter box, a carrot chew, and a willow ball chew (under the bridge).  I had to take the littler box lid off because it was too small for him.  Once i buy some play sand, I think I"ll just use a small tupperware bowl as a litter box.

 The lid of the bin has plenty of ventilation, and i use a raised tray from the dollar store to set the Katy Cage on top of the bin.  The raised tray sits right across the plastic lid, above the mesh, and allows for plenty of ventilation below the tray.

The Minecraft Plastic Canvas items are only there for this picture; I have them on an end table now.

Chunkers loves his new bin cage play ground, and I have a lot of fun watching him.