It was cold this morning, and I was in a lazy mood, so I decided to lie in bed a little longer. I didn’t get to lie long. The bedroom door crashed open, and Zinnia, Zip, and Maria came in, demanding to know why I was still in bed. Zinnia is a portable shower machine for licking me, and Bud is more of a cuddler; he goes for the lap. There are worse ways to be awakened.
photo by Maria Wulf
A delightful book, _Mozart’s Starling_, by Lyanda Lynn, chronicles a true story of Mozart, who kept a starling as a pet. The starling’s intelligence and mimicry are legendary, as are their rapscallion natures.
Thanks, Toni, I’ll get that book; he didn’t show up this morning, he’ll be back. Now that I think about it, I think we have that book…Maria says she read it..