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Happy 65th birthday Frances! You are now officially a senior citizen although you’ve been able to get senior coffee at Hardees for 10 years now 🙂

Charlotte and I went to a bird show in Atlanta Saturday. They really should not call them “shows” as it’s really just a bunch of bird breeders and birding suppliers selling birds and supplies, but that’s what was on the flyer, so that’s what I’m going with.

Before you ask, no, we didn’t buy any birds. We went to buy toys and supplies for the ones we have and Charlotte needed a bigger cage for her blue and gold macaw. It was a fun day that began with Western omelettes at Chadwicks and ended with a kind of yuckky sandwich at Zaxby’s.

I bought a whiffle ball that has a jingle bell in it ($1.25) for Taji along with a big wooden toy for him. I figured he would have the wooden toy torn up in no time at all, but he’s had so much fun with the whiffle ball that he hasn’t done much to the wooden toy yet. For those of you who don’t know, most of the large parrots and a lot of the smaller ones need to have things to destroy in order to stay happy. I give Taji sticks from the woods, but you have to be careful what tree they came from as some are poisonous, so buying the wooden toys (made from childrens’ wooden blocks) is safer for them. I wanted to buy him some toys he could pick up with his feet and beak and the whiffle ball fit that bill admirably. I bought two of them — one for Riley, but he doesn’t seem interested in his toy and he’s not destructive like Taji is, so his toys last longer. He seems to like ropes with knots in them that he can untie (the cockatiels like those kinds of toys, too). Any way, mission accomplished!

Got an email from Eddie with a link to a Snapfish album of pictures he took in Iraq. He didn’t say if he was back in Bahrain or not, so I don’t know where he is. Since he hasn’t posted anything on any of the last few blogs, I’m thinking he’s not where he has access to a computer right now.

We leave for Winston-Salem and our last show of the year Thursday, so I won’t be posting much this week. Take care everyone!

Love to all,

Margaret