I used to live with two cockatiels (not at the same time), and the antics of parrots cheer me up.
I've discovered there are many mini-videos of such on Instagram (or TikTok--I'm not actually on TikTok, but it made a better sounding title). I watch them and they always make me smile.
THIS parrot, below, would be a star in a 10-second video!
That's an African Grey Parrot, and they are super smart and talkative, you know, and parrots in general give the best stink-eye.
I can just see this parrot in motion, eyeing the orange on the floor, bobbing and squawking, "pick it up! pick it up".
The painting is by Manet (of course), " Young Lady in 1866", at the Met.
Critics at the time said it was indicative of Manet’s "current vice" of failing to "value a head more than a slipper."
I'm not recreating any more Manet this week, except for "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere" for Sunday.
Memories! I spent my first four years in Sierra Leone and my godfather had an African Grey Parrot. When he retired home to England to live with his spinster sisters he took great delight in getting it to squawk all the colourful language a bachelor could teach a bird. His sisters were horrified! Uncle Griff died back in the '70s and I had completely forgotten about his parrot. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSPARKLING: How fun! Isn't it interesting how as we get older, we have so many memories we mislay some?
ReplyDeleteAfrican Greys can learn to communicate meaningfully in human language too, as you may know, not only merely mimic sounds.
What was your family doing in Sierra Leone?
My father was with the British Colonial Service. I was born in British Somaliland and then we went to Sierra Leone and finally Hong Kong. I was a colonial brat.
ReplyDeleteThanks for answering, SPARKLE! Wow--that's a lot of interesting flora and fauna right there.
ReplyDeleteHave you blogged about this? I'd be interested to read more...