poppy Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 eldest boy, Harry, dropped his beak load sack of partridge peas and goggled at her. Partridge peas bounced in all directions earning Harry a good clout round the ear from Archie. This didn't stop Harry from .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Cooing appreciatively back to Annabella Aviary. A sudden cloudburst rendered the... Edited August 5, 2015 by itsmeagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 start of something beautiful into a bedraggled washout. Annabella flew home disconsolately to dry her drooping tail feathers with a hairdryer. Unfortunately .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 the hairdryer was faulty, so her feathers stayed wet. Archie's brood were busy constructing a.. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 pole to support a satellite dish. 'Can't miss our favourite programmes Dad!' they informed their father when he complained they should be concentrating instead on ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) Learning about the birds and the bees. Most of the brood knew the facts of life, Danielle Dove especially, as she had... Edited August 9, 2015 by itsmeagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 watched a David Attenborough special on the subject. The only thing lacking from the new happy little home was mother, who was still .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 trying to philander with any male bird who took her fancy. Suddenly feeling peckish, she,asked Rodney Raven if he can cook some fried.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 witchety grubs, but apparently they'd been pretty thin on the ground lately and were demanding exorbitant prices. He told her she'd have to settle for .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 burnt oak leaves,with woodlouse stew, the thought of which made her quail"Can't you ever cook as well as our Archibald?", Gertrude said,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 in disgust, picking out bits of incinerated woodlouse. She decided that although Hawkeye had some undeniably attractive qualities, namely his bank balance, she really couldn't stand a minute more of his.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 foul culinary disasters, so she flew over to the new family home, where Archibald was now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 chilling in his rocker, slippers on, pipe in mouth, a nice malt at the ready and watching his favourite soap, ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Birds on the bounce, a feathery sitcom about life in a community of suks and cassowaries in Australia. Its starred Griselda Corncrake, a veteran of soapy. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 soaps. In fact she'd moved from being a veteran to a vintage after forty years of bouncing round the small screen. Some would say her bounce was looking decidedly deflated after all this time, nevertheless, Archie devotedly tuned in each day to get his daily fix. He'd just reached a particularly toothsome moment when .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) in flew Gertrude, all coos, pigeon smiles and charm. "My feathery love!!", she exclaimed, breathlessly, "I have been over to see the old redstart couple, see did they need any shopping", she said, hopefully. Edited August 20, 2015 by itsmeagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 'Humph!' grunted Archie. He didn't want to miss Griselda throwing herself dramatically off a particularly high cenotaph after being rejected by the young bounder Seamus Seagull. Besides, if he suspected Gertrude of secret dalliances, he chose to .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 milk the situation, or to use the unspoken guilt to his own advantage. "Hmmmmph" he grunted, reading the paper Bird Blether, "I wish it was Christmas." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 'Why so, my love, my treasure, my sweet, light of my life and apple of my eye?' cooed Gertie, laying it on thick. 'Hmmmmmph,' repeated Archie, thinking she really must have a guilty conscience this time! 'Because that's when you're getting me that present you promised, you know, the ................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) dove feather and rhea wing jacket, the one I fancied from Paulus Peregrine, he who owns Crane Wings clothing of Wales. I thought anyone who appreciates the new abode would buy their dear feathery husband a nice new gift". Gertrude gulped." Aahh you are sweet.... Edited August 22, 2015 by itsmeagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 and my cuddly-wuddly, cutie pie and you know I'd do anything in the world to keep .....I mean, make .....you happy ....but sweetums , honey-bunch, dumpling, you know the exorbitant prices he charges there! How ever do you think ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 i am gonna afford it? Tell you what, lend me the cash and I will go and buy you that gift, along with a piece of Crimble Chaffinch chocolate crumble cake..how's that?" "Hmmmph. I am busy watching telly. It's my favourite show." One of their brood, Septimus Soothepigeon, aged 8, suddenly saw mummy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 peering into the mirror, powdering her beak, applying her Elizabeth Avian perfume and forcing her feet into a particularly uncomfortable pair of high heels. This could mean only one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) She wanted to play the kissing game with Archie. Usually it happened when mummy bird had been away a day or seven, and it was daddy who wasn't too keen on reciprocating mummy's sloppy, seductive kisses. Gertrude tried to find her Wings Delite peach petal perfume, bought at Luigi Lammergeier's shop in Soho. It made her feel very.... Edited August 27, 2015 by itsmeagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 high. She wondered what might possibly be in it to cause the euphoric feelings it induced but since Archie didn't really have that effect on her anymore, she wasn't going to ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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