Meet Sparky!
This adorable little budgie lives in Virginia with Deborah.
Sparky loves to play with his bells and disco ball. He also enjoys going over into the “big boys” cage to hang out with Sunny and Shelby. When it’s time for him to go “home”, I roll his cage in front of theirs and tell him “Go back in your own cage now, Sparky” and he’ll hop right in! He has a toy airplane and likes playing on it and loves it when I put a little seed or a bit of millet in the “cargo” area for him to find.
Today is free Slurpee day at participating 7-Elevens!
So what flavor do Cooper and Dewey like best?
Blue raspberry, of course!
Budgies love to play jacks.
Anything after “onesies” is a bit tricky, though.
American actor Chris Cooper (July 9, 1959)
Spent his youth on his father’s vast cattle farm in Missouri.
Served in the Coast Guard after high school.
Studied ballet at Stephens College and majored in agriculture and acting at the University of Missouri.
Has appeared in such movies as: American Beauty, Sea Biscuit, Syriana, October Sky and Adaptation (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor).
Cooper’s favorite Chris Cooper performance is as Douglas in Where the Wild Things Are.
This month’s movie was Barbarella.
This movie, based on a French comic strip, is about the adventures of Barbarella. Barbarella (played by Jane Fonda) is sent to the planet Tau Ceti to retrieve the evil Doctor Durand Durand. Cooper thought this movie was ridiculous, but loved all the costume changes. Cooper’s favorite scene was when Barbarella was put in a cage to be pecked to death by birds.
There are many constellations in the universe. Many are named for birds. They include Apus (bird of paradise ), Aquila (eagle), Columba (dove), Corvus (crow), Cygnus (swan), Grus (crane), Pavo (peacock), Phoenix (mythical bird) and Tucana (toucan).
How the astronomers missed this one, I’ll never know.
Thanks to a heavy moult, our birds are looking a bit raggedy.
Henri Matisse’s The Parakeet and the Mermaid is almost perfect.
But Two Parakeets and The Mermaid would be even better…
