I guess I can't end with out talking about Petey the Parakeet .... He turned a year old this past April, and he just talks up a storm. He flys down to the bathroom to look at hisself in the mirror. I just yell from the kitchen, "Here Petey, here petery..!" And he comes to me just like a dog.... He loves to play with an old jingle bell. I grab the bell and run through the house shaking it, and he chase me. We have some old medicine cups (Niqual), and I'll set some of them upside down on the table, with a jingle bell on it, then set empty cups next to them, and he will go along and knock the bells into the empty cup.. Rather interesting for a little bird. He's also hooked on junk food. BarBQ'ed potato chips, Cheese It's, etc.... If I start eating potato chips, he starts going crazy wanting out of his cage. Once out, no matter where I am, he hill track me down and try to jump into the bag of chips. I only give him a very little tiny bite of one since he shouldn't get any in the first place... Well, I'm going to wind this letter up for now.... I hope every one is doing good and enjoying the summer... We have the grandkids in the morning, "7 a.m." So it will be another day of summer play with the kids... Good night all......