Monday, April 20, 2009
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The Turtles
Michael Ray (stay out of his way)
Cathy Jean (the hiding queen)
The Live-Ins
Starlinka (the European starling)
Stella (the Meyer's parrot)
Eddie (the Double Yellow-headed amazon)
Violet (the cat that every stray is jealous of because she lives in a house full of birds)
About Me
- Maria
- I'm an illustrator who lives in Kansas City with six animals. Half of them are good and half of them are baaaaaaaad. I tend to write about just the bad ones for some reason.
The Visitors
The grey cat that smells like cigarettes
Eli (the feral cat)
Freddie (the raccoon)
Pablo
New Friends in Kansas
Aussie Mueller
Elvis
Mary, "Pain in the Derriere-y" (formerly known as Sassy, "Pain in the Ass-y")
Bella
Tilly
Bo
Missouri girls
Tulip tree flower (May 7, 2010)
"Freckles" violet (April 11, 2010)
Crocus (March 18, 2010)
Acidanthera (July 11, 2009)
Nikko Blue (!!!) hydrangea (June 19, 2009)
Tawny daylily (June 19, 2009)
Sally Holmes rose (May 20, 2009)
Zumi crabapple (April 14, 2009)
Japanese kerria (April 1, 2009)
Kaufmanii tulip (March 22, 2009)
Crocus (March 14, 2009)
Sugar maple (October 24, 2008)
Pretoria canna lily (August 16, 2008)
Eucomis/pineapple lily (August 12, 2008)
4 o'clocks at 8 o'clock (July 28, 2008)
Calla lily (June 2, 2008)
Aloha pillar rose (June 2, 2008)
Dahlia, Spilanthes (May 26, 2008)
Tree Peony (May 10, 2008)
13 comments:
I'm afraid I have no idea if 18 is in her prime or whether that means she's a grand old lady (I tried looking on the web and anytime it came to age it just said ???, grrr!) but regardless I hope she has a very happy hatchday!
Certainly looks like it's going to be fun, I see even the ladybird is in on the cocktail action *jealous*
I have everybody drinking because 18 was the legal drinking age when I was turning "legal" waaaaaay back in time. It's probably 21 in every state these days but 18 was the important year for me back then. :-) I hope that explains the celebration a little bit better.
And I guess it's normal to think of lifespan on birthdays once you get way beyond that legal drinking age. Hadn't thought of that. :-/ Meyer's parrots live for 25-30 years so I guess Stella could be celebrating her middle age years if we're celebrating hatchday/birthdays in bird years.
Yeah, I had to put the ladybug in there too. Just had to. :-)
happy day, stella!
Beautiful Baby Bird!
Happy Hatchday, Stella! We'll send you over a special Niptini:)
HHD, Stella!
I will commence the pot-tapping dance in your honour! *ting...ting...tang........ting*
"Happy BIRDday to you,
"Happy BIRDday to you!"
:o)
What a happy party!
:o)
What a great composite picture of the Birthday Bird with friends! I'll drink a toast to Stella tonight - will red wine be OK?
Happy hatchday, Stella! I love your party photo!
Happy Birthday Stella, from Pacino the Senegal's Mom.
Hey everybody-Thank you for all the nice hatchday wishes! Stella must have heard them because she is surprisingly very good tonight.
Gina-Stella did have a happy day. She got to spend several hours tonight inside the medicine cabinet. It's her favorite place to take a nap.
Mental-She IS a beautiful baby bird and another "b" word too.....BAD. :-)
Tristan and Crikey-You are so right. A Niptini would be the perfect drink. Do you two cats have experience living with a bird? Sounds like it!
Snakey-Ha ha ha. I've got to remember to bring in the five minute version of her pasta pot tinging performance.
Violet-BIRDday is right! And any day dedicated to the bird known as Stella is what Stella aims for every day. :-)
Barb-Red wine is her favorite...to tip over. I don't know what it is but if she sees a glass of red wine left on a table, she attacks it and is really good at flinging the glass toward white upholstery. Go ahead and drink that toast to her with your red wine. I wish I could. <:-( I kind of stopped buying it because of the fling issue we have in this house.
Barb and DeeDee- Thank you for the nice compliments on the party photo. I was up way too late last night putting it together but it was fun.
Maureen-Is Pacino as bad as Stella? I've met Senegals and other Meyer's and none of them come close with the calculating evil in my little bird's head. I hope you have a sweet one.
I should stop saying how bad Stella is but for some reason, that's what I really like about her too. Go figure.
Oh!! I missed this! Happy Hatching Day, Stella. You devil, you.
Thanks, Kate. And you know, I'm surprised I've never Photoshopped little devil horns on her before......hmmmmm.......
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