Mr. Imagination’s birds mostly stay in their cage and look pretty. We try to let them out to exercise several times a week, but because we have to do it when the cat is locked up it doesn’t happen every day. We are always able to pick up Jo-Jo, the cockatiel, but Kea, the budgie, doesn’t want to be touched. However, she will land on people’s heads now–or on a back, if someone is bent over! She weighs so little that sometimes it’s hard to know if she is still there. Everyone likes it when she lands on them!
A few days after I wrote that paragraph and scheduled this post, we found Kea on the bottom of the cage one day, unable to use on of her legs. We did what we could for her, but a few hours later she died. Jo-Jo is very subdued these days, and we miss our lively, beautiful bird.
Miss Joy
Mr. Sweetie
Mr. Imagination
Little Miss
I didn’t realize till I was putting this post together that I had pictures of all four of the younger children with the birds! Speaking of which, has anyone noticed how different my life is now from when I published my first post, in July 2011? At that time, I had six children and the oldest was 13. Since then, we have had three more babies, one child died, and four of them are now legal adults with jobs! At this stage, I have only four schoolchildren, and the youngest will soon turn five. Thirteen years can make a huge difference in a family.
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