Bloody good idea
Even if it’s bound to go wrong. Solace here for one who is too busy and grumpy to blog properly at the moment (ie me).
Published on 3rd July, 2008
Athlete, Strongman & Prize Winning Budgerigar Breeder
Having said that, in my opinion, a Recessive Pied with a full set of mask spots is a far more attractive Budgerigar than one with no spots at all – which is permitted by the BS standard. When the amount of melanin increases there is also a tendency for Recessive Pieds to have ‘grizzling’ on the fronts of their heads. This is NOT head flecking and used to be permitted by the show standards. However, under the present standards, ANY Budgerigar that shows dark markings on its head frontal must be faulted by judges.
None of these difficulties detracts from the pleasure I get from breeding and exhibiting Recessive Pieds. With Budgerigars – as in my sport – I will always strive for perfection.
Sometimes I’m so proud to be from Lincolnshire.
Really.
Published on 16th June, 2008
Irena Sendler: 1910-2008
Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory.
Until today, I’d never heard of Irena Sendler. As the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto began to be transported to Treblinka, Irena risked her life to smuggle out children using any means possible. One baby was smuggled out in a mechanic’s toolbox.
Irena wrote down the names of all the children she had helped to escape, placed them in jam jars and buried them in a friend’s garden. She was caught, tortured and beaten by the Gestapo; but she never gave away a single name, or the identities of her underground colleagues. Her courage reminds me of Maximilian Kolbe.
You can read more about Irena’s life here and here. I’ll leave her with the last word:
I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not.
Published on 13th May, 2008
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