Mellow Yellow Monday & Weekend Snapshot

Welcome to my Mellow Yellow Monday and Weekend Snapshot post for Monday March 2, 2009.

DW is the green parrot (female), Paco is the yellow one (male).
So far they are not looking like they will become mates, DW chases Paco away all the time. I keep hoping though. These photos are a bit misleading as to distance between the two parrots.

Though a lot darker (no flash on this one) this photo gives a more accurate view of the distance between DW and Paco.

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Mellow Yellow Monday & Weekend Snapshot

I wasn't going to take a photo of Paco for a few days. I wanted to wait until he'd been in my home for a few days, to get used to things, then let him out and photograph him sitting on top of the cage. It would make a much better photo. However, then I remembered it's time for Mellow Yellow Monday, and what is more mellow or yellow than Paco? I looked around and found... well, nothing.




Isn't he handsome?! The reason he has the feather duster in with him is that he tends to over groom himself and ruin his feathers. Now he can groom the dusters feathers.

Paco is on loan at the moment. If he and DW hit it off and bond, then he will live here from now on, though if they don't then he will go back to my friend Shannon. If he stays and then they have baby birds, Shannon will get a baby.

My friend Wendy has raised Cockatiels and told me tonight that when 2 are together they're a lot noisier than one alone, and not as people friendly. That would be a bummer as I can't stand the loud, sharp noices. DW is pretty good and only does that high pitched screach a little bit. She has bonded well with me and likes to talk to me and ride on my shoulder. Paco is a very nice bird, mellow, doesn't bite. I hope they stay people friendly. If they produce babies together it will be fun to hand raise the little bird brains, lol. Well, their parents will raise them, but I will handle them a lot so they will be used to being handled.


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Mellow Yellow Monday

I took these photos Saturday (yesterday) not very far from my house. They are part of the Winter Carnival and come from all over to compete here each winter. Each of these balloons have some yellow in them, and if you would like to see photos of the other hot air balloons in this year's competition, check out last night's I Am Grateful - Hot Air Balloons.

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Mellow Yellow Monday

My beloved Reba Jane Rottenweiler enjoyed watching the tug of war between Steel (German Shepherd) and Max (Yellow Dawg) at her favorite dog park the last time we were up there. There was a football game on, a man throwing the ball & all the dogs running after it. Max & Steel were the 'top dogs' of the game, and here have the collapsed football and neither one was willing to let go. It was funny, and loved by all watchers, K-9 and human, as well as the participants.

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EDIT:
After reading the first comment, I realized maybe people "won't get it". Maybe I see him as being yellow (yeller) because I saw the Walt Disney move Old Yeller. He (the dog) was named Yeller because he was a yeller (yellow) dog. It is a great movie, if you can, rent it.

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The highlight of this weekend was a surprise 60th birthday party for my friend, Andree. It was a very nice time, and Andree was very happy to have family and friends surrounding her. This, as I'm sure you would guess, is a balloon from the party.

These 'fake' flowers were near the wood stove at the birthday party which was held at a lodge in the mountains, on a ranch, about an hours drive from here. With the yellow flower, it begs to be included in Mellow Yellow Monday.

Today, after soooo many days of clouds and gray weather, it was a total delight to have blue sky and sunshine break through to visit us... even if it was cold enough to freeze your _____ well, lets just say it was very cold with low temperatures and a wind. To celebrate such a beautiful day, I took this photo from my yard. You can see the snow, the lake, the mountain, a neighbor's barn, and yes, lots of blue sky.

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