Waiting for Friday

Its only Tuesday and I am already waiting for Friday, when Shankar is coming back home with my two birdies. The house is way too quiet without them - I know we like them even when they are screaming. I miss being greeted by Nikko even before I open the door, Pepper calling for me to come near her and wanting to get on my fingers. I even catch myself looking out for Nikko ready to jump on me when I come through the hallway :) And it is no fun having Shankar all to myself without the crazy competition for attention from Nikko!!!

Pepper & Crocheting

After a long break, I went back to work on my Afghan a little bit yesterday afternoon. This is a project in the making for a while, since I learned how to Crochet. One of my friend's mom taught me the skill during 2002 Christmas break. I have however failed to produce much albeit starting on a few projects, including this Afghan. Anyways, yesterday Pepper decided that I was having way too much fun with all the yarn and the pretty Afghan (yes, it is a rippled 3-color Afghan being made with really good yarn and is pretty). Hence she climbed down from her cage, on to the sofa, took a closer look at what I had and jumped right in. She was not very happy when I chased her back on the cage. She would go back, tear up some paper and in a couple of minutes be right back to play with the yarn. And I would have totally let her have some fun, if not for her sharp beak that cuts the yarn. I am sure she had shredding on her mind too!

The low quality pics are from my iphone :(

Chasing Light

So, it is not only Kalki who loves to chase the reflection off of my laptop and cell phone. When the reflection gets near the cage, Pepper also wants to catch it. But not to play with it though. For her, everything is a pepper-eating monster, including the light that bounces around on the wall, her cage and on Nikko :)

The Complaints Continue...

And this week, Pepper also joined in with Nikko on his weekly rants when dad gets back home. And he didnt care what time it was and continued his weekly news at 11.55 PM!!!

New Toy for the Birdies

I picked up this small wooden pallet from the Goodwill for the birdies. Given their previous record with cardboard boxes and a few wooden toys (including a birdhouse), I am curious as to how long this will last. So far, Pepper, our Nanday Conure, is not interested in it, and Nikko wants to check it out for the tiny bit of peanut butter I rubbed on the edge. Once Pepper decides to go after it, I will giver her a week or two. She recently worked her way through a huge shoe box in about 3 days! My cute shredding machines :)