Disaster narrowly avoided!

I just love these pictures of little girls

and couples.  They work perfectly

with the stitched cards.  I found

out, by the way, that a square card

-with no bulky embellishments-

costs 90 cents to send.  Not too

horrible, I guess.  Especially for

the enjoyment I'm getting from

making these cards.

Isn't she just the cutest little girl?!

 

So....I was taking Lili to be groomed yesterday.

Appparently  I didn't have the door of the

carrier latched completely.  The next thing

I know I'm getting ready to pull onto the

highway and I hear her flap out of the

carrier!  Now she is hanging on the edge 

of the window squawking and flapping.

That is NOT the way I want to drive to

Fort Wayne, not to mention it is not

safe for either of us.   So I had to pull over

and put her back in.  Thankfully she  went

in with no complaints.  I had to towel

her to get her to go in at home so I

was afraid I was going to have the

same problem and in a car, it's not as

easy.  I think she scared herself, though,

so she went right in.  I was relieved!

She's exactly the same weight as last

time she was there, so that's good.  She

is also much easier to hold now.  I let

her nails go too long.  The vet also cleaned

her tail.  I always wondered why her

tail looked so ratty.  Scarlet macaws have the

longest tails of all the macaws so I thought

it was just getting in her way.  This past

moult I realized that I had never seen her

preen her tail and she had these huge long

sheaths on the feathers.  I pointed this out

to the vet so she took the sheaths off.

Lili won't let me do it, of course.  Simply

bathing her doesn't help because she has

to be willing to take the sheaths off 

once they are wet.  Dumb bird.

 

I'm getting together with Dianne today

at our favourite haunt, the Mexican 

restaurant, Acapulco.   Good food, 

fast service and great chips and salsa!
Who could ask for more?

 

Happy Tuesday!