Feed the Birds. . . tupins.

This morning I woke up and went about my morning as usual. There was the chattering of my two parakeets perched on the side of their cage closest to where I was sitting at my desk. They chirped so loudly that it got my attention. I turned to look at them and there was Carlos & Elena, the parakeets talking to me.

It reminded me of the Mary Poppins song, "Feed the Birds,"

I asked them if they had eaten all of their food or did they need water? I checked the water and it was okay. Then I pulled their feeder out and sure enough they had eaten every last kernel. I smiled and went over to the bag with the bird seed, filled it and went back to what I was doing.

It is interesting that once before I was awakened by the sound of the water dish up and down on the side of the cage. Carlos was trying to get my attention, and was making such a ruckus that he woke me up. The cage cover was over them and I knew something was up. The water dish was dry!



I filled it with Kangen water, which they love and went about to check their food dish as well. They are a hoot and I love it when they talk to me, which is not hard to figure out what they are saying. They are kind of like children and find way to communicate the best way they know how.



Carlos is the green bird, and he posed for me by the water dish. Now that takes genius, don't you think? I couldn't get them to pose for me like they did to get me to listen to them. But I had a "portrait" of them to show at the top of today's blog.

Some of you may not know how my birdies came to be named. Two years ago, one of my hospice patients had four birds one day when I went to visit. They had a couple of dogs too. One was theirs and the other was their daughter's who had them babysit the dog that day while she was at work. Well, she got a cat as well and decided that the birds and cats don't mix. So they needed to find homes for the birds. I volunteered to take the two that were not spoken for. The male hospice nurse took the other two . I had my own home and it got kind of lonesome all by myself. So, I decided to give them a try. I didn't know at first quite yet what I should name them. Just as that thought crossed my mind, I no sooner heard the names, "Carlos & Elena." No kidding!! Ironically they are the same names as my parents. I thought for a moment and agreed that would be good names for them. So that is how I named them Carlos and Elena, and it fits them.

Today marks my 50th entry, wow, that is seven weeks worth, and work. I give my self a pat on the back. Thanks for visiting. Comments welcomed. :)