August 31, 2009
Just over a week ago, we picked up our newly-adopted cockatiels, Simon & Garfunkel, at their Mickaboo foster home in San Francisco. We have been enjoying getting to know each other. They are in their office cage next to me now nibbling at each other, butting their heads together, and making squeechy noises.
We have discovered that Garfunkel will bite unless we pick up Simon first. If Simon gets to do something, Garfunkel forgets about biting in his eagerness to join in.
We had them checked out by Dr. Fern Van Sant, DVM, at For the Birds here in San Jose. She said that the guys had been well cared for and loved in their foster home and were about five years old. Both of them have damaged wings – probably from trying to fly in a cage with horizontal bars. Only one wing out of the four had feathers long enough to clip this time but we hope to see their wings growing back.
| In their travel cage
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Looking at their new home
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Treats from John
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| Simon close up
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Investigating the rug
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The office cage
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Images Copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
August 31, 2009
Recently, our cat Tino was checking out a plastic storage container. He propped his front paws on the lip and stood on his back legs so he could peer inside. The empty box suddenly flipped over on top of him just as I walked in the room with my camera. He wasn’t hurt, just confused and embarrassed.
Images Copyright 2009 by Katy Dickinson
August 28, 2009
My daughter Jessica has generously been my guide in setting up this new version of my blog. My first blog can be found at http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/
She asked me to write a blog entry about the Remington Portable Typewriter shown in the photo at the top of this blog. I recently bought the original at a garage sale here in San Jose, California. It is probably from about 1925 and came with its cover intact, including a leather strap. Long ago, I learned to type on a portable typewriter and developed great respect for these capable and elegant little machines. Here are some photos:
1925 era Remington Portable Typewriter with original dust
1925 era Remington Portable Typewriter with less dust
Images Copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
