No doze for ME..

Dear Reader.. in MY last post YOU read that SHE was bound for Ridley Road Market and Turkish Food shop and I was settling down on favourite perch, YOU remember that, right? Well.. no sooner than I was all fluffed up with right foot tucked into tumtum feathers, than SHE opened Mister Boiler house's door to take out Mistress SteamIron and board.. huh?

Did I not hear HER say SHE was off to buy Almonds, Humous and Grapes? Well.. I said that plans cannot be written in stone, this proves it.

SHE went to bathroom to take linen out of that kind machine that washes and off SHE went to do ironing. YOU know I am unable to resist this.. read 'The story of Whooosh' to know details..

Yesterday was NO exception, two sets of bed linen to do, lots of Lavender water in Mistress SteamIron and cd into player.. HeeHeeeee, WE are off!! It is a good thing that there is no chance anyone can see our behaviour! SHE laughs like crazy woman and I squeal and whizz about the room at highest flap ratio, landing only to take off and fly in other direction.. or I run backwards and forwards along top of door, tail in air and beak on wood.. knock knock, whose there.. mad Parrot! HeeHeeee.

Only bad thing is there are no Almonds, Humous or Grapes in house.. but neat pile of freshly ironed laundry is very good as Barbara and Peg are due tomorrow afternoon. SHE got a cry of "Help" from Barbara who woke up this morning with a head cold, they have to catch plane at 7.30pm tonight. They live in Cincinnati, Ohio and have quite a journey ahead of them. Poor Barbara.. norty cold.

Linen done, towels done, dusting, furniture polished, floors vacuumed. Bathroom cleaned, same outside, steps swept, all paintwork, windows and floor washed. Then kitchen.. silverware cleaned and polished, kind dishwasher emptied, rubbish taken outside.. I watched all this from top of bedroom door, out of reach of duster, YOU never know.. SHE might polish ME by mistake!

Time to eat.. quick flap takes ME into yumyum HQ and onto GoosieHead. What is there? Oooh, MY favourite Tortilla chips.. Sweet Chilli flavour.. oodle-the-doodle, yes please, some bread and peas, chunk of apple, smidgen of Goat Cheese from Ellie's dairy. Good stuff. YUM.

SHE had cold Duck breast with peas and glass of Beetroot juice, that will put HER in a good mood for sure!

Time for nap.. onto bed with good book and telephone, SHE called couple of friends, read book, turned on black skinny box aka television, changed channel to BBC4 and settled down to be mighty confused by thriller called 'The Bridge', are YOU watching this? Scary stuff, I have to sit on HER head to stop being frightened.. that is MY excuse, truth is, truth should always be told, HER hair keeps MY toes warm.. two episodes back to back.. WE are none the wiser of who is bad guy OR gurl!

End of programme, mini snacket keeps hunger at bay during night, slurp of water, more apple plus half slice of favourite bread, time for quick cuddle, bed for both of us..

Sunday.. no rest for some.. Debbie of Ellie's Goat Dairy at Parson's Green, got to replenish supply of Goaty milk, don't want norty Mister. Woe trotting down steps whilst Barbara and Peg are staying, do WE?

Back to make beds up.. linens all crisp and dry.

Late lunch.. SHE thought I would forget those Tortilla chips.. fat chance! I had to make song and dance and give sample of Bad Bat Behaviour to make HER realise I was serious, I bullied HER into opening up packet and giving ME one.. they are extremely difficult to eat upside down.

Couple of letters to write, telephone calls to make.. lazy day, SHE will be off to garden on Tuesday, to pick Asparagus, that is if thieves have not picked it again.. boring people.

All in all, quiet, pleasant couple of days, tomorrow 'Bank' Holiday, May Day.. SHE had call from Chantal yesterday, they have made plans to meet, see film and have supper week after this, WE will see her photos of Cuba.. many years ago in Spain SHE knew big family of Cubans, lovely people.

Email from LuLu in NYC, poor Ziggee-Figgee not well.. WE send little boy our love and distant healing. Lucky boy, he has loving Human who will get him better.

That is all for today.. I have to nap.. too excited yesterday and SHE was not out for long enough for ME to settle properly this morning.. yawn.. enjoy YOUR May Day wherever YOU are.

GeeGee Parrot.
May 6th, 2012.