Rainy days are here again!

I must say it is nice to have a break from the heat wave we've been having. I'm sure my half dead front lawn will appreciate it. Of course I was planning to mow it today but alas...

These are pictures of my little guy Bill. He's a Jardine parrot. If you have seen my sister in laws lovely birds on her blog you will notice her Jojo is the same, Bill is just a lesser of the same species meaning pretty much the same bird, just smaller.

Bills nickname is TurdBird. He does have an attitude and he knows how to use it well. He wants what he wants when he wants it and isn't shy about letting me know.

Here we are seeing eye to eye. He's a terrific mimic. He can imitate the doorbell,oven timer,the sound of a can of pop being opened,a creaky cupboard door, a camera taking a picture and some others. He's a bird of few words, he says Hello and the rest are not suitable for children and yes he learned them from me. He likes to give kisses and say his name, except when he says it it's more like Biiiiiiweeeeee!.
Now there is the "fart" noise he makes. It does on occasion sound like someone ripped a good one. He really enjoys dong this when he is on my shoulder and I am talking on the phone. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
He's best at ringing like the phone. I often don't know what to answer the bird or the phone.

Because he's the smallest of my parrots Bubba the Eclectus tends to pick on him some but he's real buddies with Hannah the Cockatoo.
He'll eat just about anything but loves pine nuts. I dont know for sure if Bill is a indeed Bill or a Billie Jean but since there have been no eggs I'm putting my money on plain old Bill.

Mosty been bumming around the house today. Did go shopping for some hiking boots. The BF and I are planing to get up to Ozette here sometime and I needed a good pair of boots. I did manage to find a decent pair at GI Joes but I have to say I was disappointed that they didnt have more sports type clothes in bigger sizes. I mean really, are only thin people allowed to look stylin' when they're out burning calories, or at least trying to look like they are.
Fat people like to enjoy nature too you know, in fact I think I can enjoy it more becuase I have to stop more often to catch my breath, I mean admire the flowers.
I did find some Nike shorts that fit me, however now I am a little worried because they are black with white stripes on the sides, I hope I don't look like a killer whale wearing brand new hiking boots. Hey at least my feet will be stylin'

That's another interesting thing. The last time we did a day hike I was all kitted out with my backpack,hiking socks with special sock liners, water, small first aid kit in case I fall and break my leg so that I will at least feel prepared. I had sunblock, bugspray, enough food in case we were stranded in the park for some reason, blister pads, sunglasses, extra ammo, you name it. I was as prepared as a flippin' Boy Scout.

It wasn't a very strenous hike out to Monte Cristo. It did get pretty rocky and steep here and there. So I see these wafer thin young things walking along, no water, hardly any clothes to speak of, wearing flip flops! I can't belieive it, I want to grab those young fools and give them a hardy shake and say " What are you thinking?!? Flip Flops? Do you not see my reinforced hiking boots?? Good Lord child, where is your Tail Mix?!?!"

I don't know how they do it, maybe the rigours of youth sustain them, or they're just plain stupid. Either way if you happen to be on a day hike here abouts and stumble upon a small pile of fragile looking human bones...the little tiny toe bones on each foot sporting flip flops, you can bet your blisters it's not me.