Bret Miller here with a special shout-out to some cool friends of mine. These friends have changed my life in unseen ways. For my own posterity and for your entertainment I present to you the history of Scooter & Gilbert.
Scooter is a brilliantly yellow and naturally gentle parakeet/budgie. Had her ancestors not been caught by the white man and tamed she would be roaming free in her native Australia. For reasons unknown, Scooter found herself in the parking lot of Fastsigns of Provo on the side of a pick-up truck in April 2007. Orphaned but trusting, she didn't hesitate to step onto our fingers and take a tour of our sign shop. With that step, Planet Earth as we know it, made a dramatic change for the better.
Scooter has been through quite a bit for a budgie. Disregarding the honor code, she moved in with a bunch of men at BYU. Most the time she was a good bird, never needing a lid to her cage. Only once did she flee and foolishly leap out of our 3-story window to a wild tumble. During another adventure she visited The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was used as an object lesson in Sunday School.
After our marriage we introduced her to a new friend of her own, Gilbert the parakeet. We no longer felt bad for leaving her lonely in her cage when we were about during the day.
Unfortunately, Scooter and Gilbert, are without their masters for the next few years. My sister Melinda and her husband, Landon, have been more than kind enough to hold onto these little dudes while we're away. Our lives have been uncomfortably quiet without them. As weird as it sounds, they were one of the few constants Laura and I have had in our lives these past few years.
Thanks little friends, you're some cool dudes and you'll be missed.
3 comments:
Thanks B. I miss them, too.
You forgot to put that one time when we almost killed them when our microwave blew up. We still don't understand why you won't let us bird sit anymore :)
Viva Scooter and Gilbert!
Post a Comment