Good morning from the sunny Highlands of Scotland where I have woken up surrounded by three dogs, including Milkshake, who loves me and always goes crazy when I arrive. I phoned Grant last night and he and the parrots were getting on fine. He even managed to get Ziggy to go into roost without a fight, which was surprising. He couldn't get either Jadie or Toby out though, which is why I can only go away for a couple of days at a time. I'm sure they'll forgive me... eventually 
The Train gods were very kind yesterday and I had a pleasant, uneventful trip complete with complimentary coffee and shortbread. I noticed how very dry the glens were though. Rain is definitely needed up here.
We are off to take my Dad to the hospital this morning for a CT scan.
Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to 
I'm up with the parrots and have just managed to persuade Ziggy to go in for her breakfast after she apparently saw ghosts again. She was taking her medication and then suddenly stopped, started making little growls and climbed up on to my head (her safe place) and began saying "It's okay" over and over again. Then she climbed down to the end of the arm of the couch and stared intently at the floor, growling to herself all the while. I checked it out, but couldn't see what has made her so spooked. After about a minute or two she suddenly brightened again and that was that. Ghosts gone apparently 
This morning started with a bang - literally - as I knocked down a photo of my grandsons from the wall when trying to take off Jadie's cover 
This caused huge upset to the Crew, who have finally settled down to breakfast, but not without a lot of coaxing and much grumbling. Jadie still keeps going up to her high perch to eye the offending photo out and growl at it 
I will also try to fit in some crochet if there's time as I now have customers waiting in the queue to order again.
A long lie for me today, but somewhat disturbed by Ziggy screeching when I got up to go to the loo and forgot to Upstairs Ninja. The screeching lasted for quite a while, by which time both Grant and I were wide awake. She's being very Mummy-needy at the moment, which is a shame as I need to go see my old Fogies this week and will be away for three days. Hopefully she will forgive me 
The parrots are all munching happily as I sit down with my first coffee of the day. Jadie is happy with me this morning as she was given a defrosted frozen cherry on her perch this morning. She is mad for cherries, but unfortunately they must be out of season at the moment as they aren't available in the shops, so frozen has to do. The fruit turns into a gloopy mess when it defrosts, but that doesn't bother Jadie at all 
I am up early with the parrots today and have just finished the morning session with Ziggy, who is in fine form today, grabbing my phone and "frowing it to the fwoor" and then announcing proudly that she is a "Good Boo Boo", eating up her baby food and shaking her head so that my top is now speckled with purple dots, and laughing away to herself and setting Jadie off so that we all end up "laughs" together 
), which means I will soon be celebrating another successful trip around the Sun, and that means it's time for another competition! I'll be posting that this morning.
