Out for blood!!!!!

In this picture, Sammie is looking for Daddy Dave, who had run into the bathroom and closed & locked the door (like Sammie knows how to unlock doors!) to escape her.

He walks close to her while she's on her perch and talks to her or drops cherry seeds (one of her favorites) in her bowl. I guess it makes her mad because she jumped off the perch and started chasing him, running on the floor. She wanted a piece of his foot for sure! He ran away quickly while yelling at me to get my bird. She was biting on the bottom of the bathroom door, trying to get him!

Dianne


He's invading my personal space!

Sammie

Vacation Time!

We've been gone to Napa and Lake Tahoe so no new posts. Plus, my camera is in my suitcase and where my luggage is...who knows? I'm hoping for a quick delivery as my make up is in one of them...ugly!

Sammie and Diz are both upset with me and not "speaking" to me right now. They love their baby sitter but still get angry with me for leaving. What a guilt trip!

Will return when luggage is found.

Dianne

Sleeping Girl

It's almost impossible to get a picture of Sammie sleeping. Instinct makes her jump at the slightest sound so I had to use the zoom lense while sitting at my desk.

She tucks her little head into her back feathers with her beak under the top of her wing. Just too cute.

The books say she should get a minimum of 12 hours of sleep a night. That doesn't happen so she takes little naps during the day to catch up on her allotted sleep time.

Dianne


I wasn't sleeping. I was just resting my eyes. It was a beauty rest.

Sammie

The ducks are gone...

We walked along the edge of the pond yesterday and no signs of the baby ducks or mom. I guess she taught them to fly and they have taken off for parts unknown. Next year we'll watch for a new "batch."

We had a heat wave like the rest of the country, for a few days. I felt like we were back in Arizona. But, it's beautiful now with perfect weather. However, my time has been spent in the flat, waiting for yet, more installers. Today, we're getting a water softener. I've never seen water this bad. It's ruining my dishes and glassware so, imagine what it does to hair! Yuck. Friday, the electrician is coming to install lighting for the art work and dark areas of this flat.

I've included a picture of the back of our building. We live on the opposite side. While the view of the pond is nice, you also see the highway, something we didn't care for.

Oh Lordy!

We FINALLY got our flat screen television installed after having it in the middle of the flat in a crate. We're in danger of getting settled in, at last.

I kept Sammie in her cage for the first couple of hours but felt sorry for her and put her on the perch. I figured she'd be quiet and just watch the installers but she opened up and started chattering away like nobody's business. They kept saying, That's just amazing!" At least, she didn't let loose with any of her naughty vocabulary. When they left, she was standing in the middle of her water bowl, slinging water everywhere!

Dianne

I kind of liked those guys. Cute, you know? I don't think they were really here to install the tv. They were here to see me.