Clarinda Cottage

When I was about 5 years old, someone asked me what I was going to be when I grew up.  I remember replying – very matter of fact – that I was going to own a pet shop complete with dogs, cats, birds, bunnies, fish … anything that was not human was fair game in my pet shop!   Whoever that was (I really don’t remember) asked me how much I was going to sell these pets for … who said anything about selling?!   Highly insulted, I said, “Oh, they are not for sale, they are all mine”!  That’s pretty much been my philosophy since then.

Two of my first pets were parakeets.  They make really nice pets for kids who live in a  ”A dog? don’t even think about it” house like I did growing up.  

My first parakeet was Mr. Jinx, who turned out to be Mrs. Jinx and laid four eggs.  At the time, I thought the eggs were moth balls that a sister or brother put in the cage to play a trick on me but no, they were real eggs!

My second parakeet was an albino named AL.   He would dance & sing but only when we played the Allman Brothers song ”Tied to the Whipping Post”!

I would like to have another bird someday and keep peeking at a local bird rescue site …. but don’t tell my husband, OK?!