I know I am deeply mourning the loss of my beloved Bandit (Husky/Rottie Cross) at the end of June, 2011. He was a beautiful, intelligent dog who stole my heart the first time I saw him, hence the name “Bandit.” I thought my husband was handling it a little better than I am. And then yesterday happened.
Sometime during the afternoon, my husband noticed a pigeon on our balcony railing. We had never seen this before. Shortly afterward, the pigeon ended up on the floor of our balcony. So my husband was out there checking to make sure the pigeon is OK.
“Bring me some bread for this poor fella” was the first I knew about the pigeon.
Before long there was an old oversized tea towel, some bread & a small cup of water out on the balcony for the bird. He kept going out all evening to check on the bird. One of the first things he did this morning was check on the bird. The bird, of course, is still there. Why wouldn’t it still be there? With all those comforts? Just in case the bird is hurt I’m going to give it a few days to recover, but this bird is not staying as a permanent fixture on my balcony! Pigeons are ungrateful – we fed & watered it & it repaid us by shitting on our balcony!
Maybe I should go get my husband an aquarium after all.
Feb 14, 2012 @ 13:16:56
I think you MUST get your husband that aquarium!!! Oh my goodness—I can not imagine how a pigeon can replace your precious Bandit but maybe you can somehow train it??? 🙂 Thanks for the sweet comment over at The Idiot’s blog today!! Much appreciated!
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Feb 14, 2012 @ 13:21:46
Thank you Beth Ann – I am happy to report when I arrived home yesterday afternoon the bird had flown the coop – literally. Just took our bread & water & left us with a bunch of bird poop to clean up – my husband’s job. But I agree – I was going to get him an aquarium for Xmas & I think I should definitely move it up the list again! We can’t get another dog because we moved into a small condo in July – it wouldn’t be fair to a dog.
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Feb 14, 2012 @ 13:37:10
Sounds like you have an aquarium in your future andI guess good riddance to the bird—it would have just continued to poop! You guys did your part in rehabilitation!!! Hard to not have a pet around to love —I was a little lost when I didn’t have a furry friend!
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Feb 14, 2012 @ 13:43:55
I agree totally Beth Ann – I am SO missing my furry son! Unfortunately, health issues & my husband’s age led us to move into a condo so he wouldn’t have to shovel snow or cut grass any more (of course he’s older than me! but I don’t like doing that stuff either). There’s just nothing cuddly about a fish, but my husband seems to like them.
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