Spike puts in an appearance
October 23rd, 2009 | 
Author: Most of you who may read this are likely to have heard lots of tales of Mum and Dad’s cockatiel, Spike. I’ve seen many an email or card come acknowledging him, you’re all secret Spike fans I know 
Well, here’s a little tale of Spike hot off the press. Today, as dad was finishing washing the dishes, Spike decided that since the tap was on, he’d duck under and have a ‘bath’. We have a double sink and he walks down the middle of it and dips himself in the water as it’s running (though we have to turn it down to low so we don’t drown the poor little mite.
What’s funnier about today’s ‘bath’ was that he got himself so wet that he slipped into the sink, it didn’t seem to bother him at all. Dad picked him out and he sat there looking totally bedraggled. If he only has a small shower he let’s himself dry off but when he has a bigger ‘bath’ he likes mum to help him dry off with the hair dryer – check out the photos below. (Mum still needs to clean under his tail, he’s not as fussy about it as we are).
To see the full sized photos, click on the thumbnails to open the slideshow.
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- Taken last week, sitting on dad’s shoulder
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- Sopping Wet
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- Spike getting a blow wave
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- Almost dry again
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Dennis Street - a legend in his lunch time!
Dennis, from Kiveton Park from a mining family emigrated to Australia in 1963 with his new bride, the local Bobby's daughter and his in-laws. Now retired he enjoys time on the internet, volunteering at VMR, reading and learning more about his family history. The blog is the lighter side of the goings on of his life now and tales of the what he remembers of the good old days in Kiveton.
Wendy Preece - Boss the Younger
Wendy, Dennis' eldest daughter, computer and internet buff is the driving force behind getting her dad busy on the internet, all of the building of the website and blog is done by her (he just adds the content, but she's managed to teach him how to do a blog post). She will add some comic relief now and then as well as report on our day to day life at times. In Wendy's words "everyone is fair game! And someone needs to fill in the gaps when dad gets slack!"