I realize this is a blog about rug hooking, however, inspiration is an important part of rug hooking and I happen to find some of that in the colors and attitudes of my parakeets.
Since my last report, I think it would be fair to say that the trio in Box #1 is showing their true colors. As I like variety, it is good to see that the biggest bird appears to have wing feathers of a soft butter color. The other two look as though their wings will have a lot of white. Since dad has white and black wings with a blue body, that is my guess for them.
The quintuplets in Box #5 are, of course, at all different stages as they were hatched every other day over a 10 day period. For the ones who have wing colors showing … they also look a lot like their dad, at least in their yellow wings.
I had just about given up on Box #3 thinking that those 10 eggs wee probably duds. However, early Sunday afternoon, I checked and found one hatched chick. (right) Going back a couple of hours later, I was most surprised to find a second chick just emerged from its egg (left). In fact, if you looking closely, the bottom part of the chick is actually still in the egg. It seems I got the photo just after it popped its top. In fact, he was so worn out from the effort, I thought he was dead. However, as I kept vigil over his body, it appeared that he was just resting after his taxing afternoon.
No doubt, sometime in the future, one of these birds will show up again in something hooked.
Tomorrow: A Report from Arline on her Vintage Rug Restoration Project