Am I Not the Cutest Bird Alive?!

NUFF SAID.

Splashin' in the Pool

Actually, it was in the water dish.

It's nice and warm today, and I felt like taking a dip in the ol' water dish. Tall Bird took it out of the cage, filled it with more water, and put it on top so I could have full access (sometimes she knows just what to do). It was great! A little wobbly, but I didn't mind. I got soaked and had such fun. Tall Bird took a movie, and I'm posting it (or trying to ~ darn instructions are confusing! SQUAWK!)

Of course, Tall Bird couldn't let me have all that fun by myself but had to get in on the action too with the mist bottle. I didn't think I needed any misting, I was getting wet enough all on my own, but she sure got my whole cage and the walls and the floors around it all wet. Then she had to clean it all up. Heh heh.

My cage is all fresh and clean now, and so am I. Time for a little nap. Let me just stick my head under my wing for a second and... ZZZZ

Fun with my Flockmate

We had quite the weekend. It entailed a lot of driving, but I guess I'm getting used to being in the car 'cause it didn't bother me MUCH. On Saturday, we went to the vet, which wasn't fun but wasn't all that bad. The vet was really nice, and he talked in a low, unscary voice and didn't try to hold me or even look at me until I was ready to interact with him. Why, you may ask, did I have to go to the vet? I am looking pretty happy and healthy. Well, I started mimicking Tall Bird's morning cough, and she wasn't sure whether it was just a joke or if I was really sick. She's such a worry wort. (As it turns out, I am FINE. The vet called me BEAUTIFUL, and said I was CHARMING. Hah! He obviously has excellent taste. Hmm, I wonder if he also tastes good... Haha, just another one of my little jokes. I don't bite. Really. SQUAWK!)

Sunday we went to an Easter Party and there were a whole bunch of kids around sticking their tender little fingers in front of my face and saying, "Step up" until THANK GOD Tall Bird told them to stop and wait until I felt comfortable before HOVERING around me. After that, it was fun. I rode around on Tall Bird's shoulder and once almost got on her head. Everyone laughed. Then, after awhile, I was feeling much more MELLOW, so I let one of the kids scritch my head, and another one fed me a grape! I got on another one's fingers, and gave kisses all around. But I wouldn't talk, nope, no matter how much Tall Bird wanted me to. Heh, she didn't say anything about it to me, but I can READ HER LIKE A BOOK. Well, not like a book, because actually I can't read books ~ but I KNOW WHAT SHE WAS THINKING! Anyway, after we ate (I had rice and some chinese chicken salad plus that grape) and visited some more and I kissed a lot of people and got my PICTURE taken with them, I was tired and wanted to GO HOME, so I couldn't help myself, the words just popped out: LET'S GO TAKE A SHOWER! My, didn't that cause a few mouths to drop! Everyone who heard me was all, like, "Did that bird just say 'Let's go take a shower?'" Well, it wasn't exactly what I meant, but it got the job done. Tall Bird knows me too. We left right after that, and I was so happy to get home to my own little nest and get inside my cage and eat some pellets and drink some water and be left alone in peace and quiet for awhile!

Whew! Parties are fun, but they can be exhausting too.

April Showers

I am NOT CONTRARY. I just decided I wanted to join Tall Bird in the shower after two weeks of hearing her splashing around in there, having fun behind the curtain. She let me climb on her shoulder to reach the water and then on her head when the water got a little heavy for me. It WAS FUN. When we got out and got dried a little (she wrapped me in a purple handtowel and HELD ME LIKE A BABY, which was NOT AT ALL ACCEPTABLE, at least until she handed me the almond ~ she can wrap me in a towel anytime for an ALMOND!) GNAW GNAW CRACK CRACK crunch crunch crunch CHIRP

Showers and Bird Carriers

Sometimes I think my flockmate, who I think I'll start calling Tall Bird, is just the tiniest bit wacky. Like this morning, she turns on the radio and starts dancing around, then tries to get ME to DANCE. BEFORE BREAKFAST! I gave her SUCH A LOOK!

Did I dance with her? Well, yeah, I did. A LITTLE. I didn't want her to have all the fun. Mostly, though, I practiced my chirps and whistles and a few of my more piercing screeches. She just laughed at me and tried to screech back. It's sad, because she tries so hard, but she'll never reach my sublime level of shrillness.

So, where was I? Oh, yeah. Then, after breakfast, she brings me with her to the bathroom and sets me on my perch by the mirror. I thought she was going to take a shower, like usual, but instead she got out the broom and started sweeping the floor. Then she took out the hamper and the rug and then put me on the floor, which I like 'cause there's this rolly perch thingy that I like to play with, and I am working on opening the cupboard doors or chewing them to bits if I can't figure it out. Anyway, I was checking things out down there when all of a sudden I felt this warm mist coming down on me and I look up and there's the mist bottle sitting on the side of the tub, just shooting out warm misty water ALL OVER ME! All over everything, in fact, including her. Like I said, wacky.

Then when we got dried off, we went out in my new little mesh cage that she carries in front of her. I didn't like going in there at first, but she always gives me an almond when I do, and we always go somewhere fun, so I'm good with it now. Mostly. We walked over to the library, where there were a lot of people and kids. And some of the kids came over to talk to me, and that was kinda fun. Tall Bird was talking about me, I heard my name, and then the kids said it too. I didn't say much, but I clicked and chirped a little. I was hoping she'd let me out, but no luck.

When we got back to the nest, she gave me some lunch, and a GRAPE! I liked that grape most of all. Then ALL OF A SUDDEN I felt like getting WET again! So I said, "Let's go take a SHOWER!" She laughed and said I was a contrary critter, but I said it again, so she took me in the bathroom and misted me again. Then when I was dry, I went back to my big perch and fell asleep.

SQUAWK! FLAP FLAP FLAP!

It's okay.

Sorry, I heard a siren outside and it was REALLY LOUD. Tall Bird just came over to the perch and closed the window and shut the blinds. Chirp. Much better.