Bye Bye Birdie

I have lost a pet. I had a bunch of people over for a beer & wine making competition yesterday, and before they arrived, I thought I'd do a major cleanup. The birdcage was a bit of a mess, so I thought I'd just vacuum out the bottom. No, I know you're probably thinking right now that I sucked a budgie in the vacuum, but no, it just flew out of the cage, which wasn't a big deal since I let them all fly around the house pretty frequently. What I didn't notice, however, was that one of the windows was open, and he took advantage of it. It was a nice day outside, so I hope he enjoyed his last few hours of freedom (hanging out with a flock of robins) before he probably froze to death in the rainstorm last night.

RIP Yellow Bird.