As a few of you may know, a few months ago I purchased an Aviary for a sum of $250, second-hand from a neighbour. Moving it was fun, it consisted of me and three friends getting inside it and walking it down the street, while cars were going pass. As my grandfather so correctly mentioned, we were pretty much the Flintstones Moving Company.

Anyway, It was moved around the back, and stayed like that for a few months. Recently, I got the both the time and the resolve to actually do something with it, so first, I decided to dig the foundations of the Aviary.

On Tuesday, I went to Flower Power, a place which sells landscaping and Plants in Australia and purchased 4 cubic metres of Pavers and 5 cubic metres of Paving Sand (Average scoop), bundled with delivery which was actually pretty cheap. It was set to come on Wednesday Afternoon, and I managed to convince a friend in helping me put everything together on the following day.

Wednesday came, friend came over to help, and as the hours passed, there was no sign of them. They rang at 5:20PM stating that they forgot to deliver it since it was one of the last deliveries to make. This irritated me, but being the nice guy I am, I agreed for them to deliver it first thing tomorrow. My friend went home, and Wednesday grew to a close.

Thursday, I awoke at 6am with my phone continiously beeping due to having a message on my phone. I laid in bed until I got up to check it around 6:50AM, and it was from Will via Twitter. As I read the message, I looked out the window and saw a truck and made out the words Flower Power on it, not an easy feat when I wasn’t wearing glasses, I then muttered “Holy shit, aren’t they suppose to ring before they get here?!” and ran out of my room putting on a pair of pants, got out there, greeted the Truck Driver and helped unload all 152 Pavers, and the Sand while still half asleep.

As we finished, I then thought, I’m awake and I can’t be bothered going back to bed or going on my Computer, I might as well get this Aviary thing done before the heat turns on, so I spent 7:20AM to 12:30PM working non-stop to finish the Aviary, and I did so, putting in the sand, pavers, and other Bird accessories and proofing it enough that Finches couldn’t get out of any small openings.

It’s pretty good, at least I think so, but I’m glad it’s finished. I have Quails as well, but I’m waiting to take a picture of when the Finches are right next to them eating.