Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Many Thanks

Thank you, everyone, for your kind thoughts and good wishes, both on the blog and by email.

Life is so quiet without my little angel. She was at the heart of evey bit of mischief, every fight between the boy parrots.

It will seem strange not having to change into something tatty when I get home, as she was prone to chewing holes in whatever I was wearing as she sat on my shoulder. I could not bring food into the room when she was out of her cage without her landing on my hand for a snack. She would even bite through wrappers in her impatience - usually when chocolate was inside them, a substance poisonous to parrots that I would then have to prise out of her beak.

Last night, a jay landed on the garden arch directly above her grave, and for a silly moment I thought it was collecting her soul. It's been years since I saw a jay in this area.

10 comments:

  1. Maybe the jay was there to pay it's respects...

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  2. Maybe he was there to escort her soul to the rainbow bridge. How is Louis doing?

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  3. Louis's eating, but he's lost interest in everything. He hates me, but I'm determined to be there for him.

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  4. That had to be a difficult task...burying your precious Rio. I've only had to that once...bury a pet...and it was not an easy thing to do.

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  5. Anonymous7:39 pm

    Chocolate poisonous to parrots? Good lord, that seems heartless! See, even in your grief, you're still educating us....

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  6. Check out icanhascheezburger.com. It may cheer
    you just a little. I go there when I want a lift.

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  7. Anonymous9:15 pm

    I love icanhasacheezburger! It makes me laugh every time. Another good place to go is cuteoverload.com. It's got animals doing the cutest things ever.

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  8. I go to Cheezburger several times a day. It's soooo cute. There's a new one too, called "I has a hotdog", which is mostly dogs. There's a link to it on my blog, if anyone is interested.

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  9. Here is a Jay feather for you.

    http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l165/lozziecap/jay_feather.gif

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  10. I like the rainbow bridge idea! Years ago I had a Border Collie who was my heart and his loss was a tremendous heartbreak for me. A few months ago I had a dream about him and I woke up and told my husband, crying, that I KNEW I'd see him again and that I knew he was waiting for me. Your little Rio will see you again, I'm sure of it as I am of the sun coming up.

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