THE BARE NECESSITIES OF LIFE..

Oh yes, indeeeedy, I have more than those.. what are your 'bare necessities, Dear Reader?

Mine are water and yumyum aka food.. now, of course, life would be pretty dull if that was all, so count myself extremely fortunate that I get and have other things. I get lots of attention and LURVE from HER and I am fortunate enough to have two comfy perches and a couple of toys..

Quick question for YOU.. jurst to keep YOU on toes as it were..

Who sang "I've got the bear necessities"?.. To give YOU clue.. he was character in book by Rudyard Kipling.

In 1959, SHE was in bed asleep, woke up when SHE felt something cosy and snug on pillow, opening HER eyes, SHE saw a small black shiny animal with a black nose looking at HER. "Oooh, a little black Bear".. actually it was a Labrador puppy which Constance had given Hugo as his Christmas present.

When Constance brought Human Uncle and HER back from Malaya in December of 1953, Penny, the Cocker Spaniel, had stayed with Hugo, he came back to England in 1956 and gave Penny to HER Godfather, Sydney Butterell, who took her with him to Brunei.

Since leaving Malaya, Bridge Farm at High Halden was first place they felt to be home. Constance thought it time they had dog again.

He grew to be a very large and beautiful dog, adored by everyone.

His name.. ah, do YOU speak Urdu, Dear Reader? His name was Bhalo, it means Bear in Urdu and did YOU see clue I gave YOU earlier in this post? For it was Bhalo, but spelt Baloo in the film, who sang about "the bare necessities of life" in wonderful cartoon film 'The Jungle Book'.. George Saunders was voice of Shere Khan, Tiger tracking Mowgli the boy.. spine chilling stuff!

WE have another new Reader.. they are in Spain! Are they reading MY Blog in English? Or does someone translate it for them? Questions.. Oh, by the way.. listen up!

Charly from Vancouver Island, Canada has written in Comments Box on MY Blog! Yeah.. how about that.. mind YOU, she is a fellow Avian and a Gurl, so is sure to be smart Cookie.. YOU can find her message in earlier post called "I am spreading etc".. please read and respond, she would like that, I am sure.

Barbara and Peg jurst returned, SHE sent them for walk to stretch legs and get fresh air into lungs, they flew to Atlanta and then from Atlanta to London, plane delayed an hour, LONG journey.. they go west tomorrow to Bath and Cotswolds.. busy busy.. playing 'tourist'.

SHE has plans to go garden.. hopefully to pick Asparagus! Hope so, would like to eat that Risotto again, that would be very SCRUMMYDUMPTIOUS with Asparagus.. please give HER a non-rainy day please.

Now it is time for quick flap flap to yumyum HQ, supper time.. Oooh, there is that, now opened, bag of Sweet Chilli Tortilla chips, I wonder what else SHE plans to feed us? I had better go Dear Reader, YOU know it would not be good to be left other side of door at such an important time.

I bid you "Adieu Dear Reader".. until tomorrow.

GeeGee Parrot.
May 7th, 2012.