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Moody Garden’s Pyramid Rainforest

The Pyramid Rainforest at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas There are many levels of exotic plants and animals and birds on the walk through the pyramid. Charlie, do you remember the...

Category: Animals, Bird, Photography Tags: Animals, Birds, parrot, photography, Stories

Arm Guard for Parrot Keepers

As I have lamented many times, Rita’s nails pierce my skin badly. I’ve had rips and tears and bloody scrapes On my arms and the tops of my hands for years....

Category: Animals, Bird, Photographs, Photography Tags: Animals, Ansell Arm Guards, Arm Guards, Bird Handling Arm Guards, Birds, Kelvar Arm Guards, parrot, Parrot Handling, photographs, photography, Photos, Rita

Green Chicken & Pasta

Dinner If there is anything That-Green-Chicken (as Kelli calls her) Loves more than little bits of chicken It’s great gobs of pasta She finished off her scant serving And While I...

Category: Animals, Bird, Parrot, Photographs, Photography Tags: Animals, Birds, parrot, photographs, photography, Photos, Rita

Dove Politics

The Beginning ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ The End

Category: Animals, Bird, Black & White Photographs, Photography, Social Commentary, Stories Tags: Animals, Birds, Black and White photographs, Doves, Humor, Monochrome, People, photographs, photography, Photos, Social Commentary, Stories

Return of the Doves

Every year, the doves appear in the spring. They add new sticks to their flimsy nests And set up housekeeping for another season. They built shabby nests under the eaves at...

Category: Bird, Photographs, Photography, Stories, Trumpet Vine Tags: Birds, Doves, Garden, photographs, photography, Photos, Stories, Trumpet Vine

The Bath

The Parrot Bath is not just a bath. It is an event. An occasion that requires planning, organization and orchestration. Rita takes her bath seriously. She knows as well as I...

Category: Animals, Bird, Parrot, Photography, Portrait, Rita, Stories Tags: Amazon Parrot, Animals, Birds, Humor, parrot, Parrot Bath, Parrot Care, photographs, photography, Photos, Portrait, Rita

Cheeky

I am doing something here that I almost never do. I am posting an impromptu post. I am delighted to present (Drum roll, please…) Cheeky 🙂 A couple of days ago,...

Category: Adventures, Animals, Bird, Parrot, Photography, Photos by George Tags: Animals, Birds, parrot, photographs, photography, Photos, Stories

Spring

Early this morning, I saw a pair of courting doves sitting on the fence outside my screened porch. Stealthy hunter that I am, I sneaked out behind the pergola where I...

Category: Bird, Flowers, Garden, Photography, Photos by George, Plants and Trees, South Texas Tags: Birds, Flowers, Garden, photographs, photography, Photos, Plants, Texas

Lumix And The Diva

(The story of the little Lumix LX5’s troubles with The Diva) …And it was such a lovely day in the neighborhood until Little Lumix showed up. Uh Oh. Here she comes...

Category: Animals, Bird, Che, Chinchilla, Freaky Photos, Humor, Parrot, Photography, Photos by George, Rita Tags: Animals, Birds, Che, Chinchilla, Freaky Photos, Humor, parrot, photographs, Rita

My Friend

RITA Rita is the inspiration for the title of this blog. I thought I should finally credit her. After all, if your byline is based on the life of a character,...

Category: Animals, Bird, Parrot, Photography, Photos by George, Portrait, Rita, Stories Tags: Animals, Birds, parrot, photographs, photography, Portrait, Stories

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She Kept A Parrot

A Journal For Charlie