My owner was recently walking alongside a large stone wall. ‘Nothing very interesting in that,’ you may think. The wall had probably stood there for countless decades and born witness to a great many storms and gales. But it wasn’t only the wall that represented a symbol of defiance. Barely noticeable was a tiny fern which had somehow managed to grow out from between a couple of the granite blocks. There it was, defying all the odds, and bringing to its barren world a small,

Up until last week, something very important had been missing from my life. Yes, -it had been missing for a very long time. And I don’t mean chillies or nuts, or my special ‘parrot treats.’  No, I’m referring to the sun. Parrots like me are extroverts; we need sunny days to feel at our best. But here in North Devon, the sun had all but disappeared. Instead, we had rain, day after day after day.  In fact, some parts of Southwest England it rained for more than 50 consecutive d

It’s always very important for parrots to keep up their appearance. So, we spend a great deal of time rearranging our feathers in order to look our best.  And of course, we have a few places that we can’t quite get to, so that’s when we help each other out with a spot of mutual preening. And I always like my human owner to look at his best, so if I spot some sort of blemish on him, I always try to rectify it. So, for example, if he has a plaster on his finger, or maybe a prot

Humans like to have their science and technology; in fact, they all too often believe that if they haven’t invented something, then it can’t possibly exist. So that they like to focus on their machines, their robots, their internet, their AI, their theories and their formulas. Meaning that a great many of them close their eyes to the possibility of miracles ever taking place. Instead, they like to have a logical explanation for everything around them, meaning that the whole p

Most humans expect me to fly when I want to get from ‘A’ to ‘B.’ And quite often, that’s exactly what I do; yes, I enjoy a spot of full-on zippy flying around the house, and I enjoy it even more when the humans duck as I part their hair. Yes, I can be just like a small, green feathered rocket. But there are also times when I like to go for a jolly good ‘parrot walkabout.’ I’ve been blessed with rather large feet which are great for stomping my way across a floor. And I’ve dev