Feathery Friend

7:00 Sunday morning

This morning, I woke up alone in our house for once. My husband had gone to spend the night in a touristic coastal town with the children and his parents, so I seized the day ... or it seized me ...

It must have been the calm in the house. A beautiful king parrot was waiting for me outside on the balcony when I returned with sugar for my Chai Tea. 

He was simply there as if ready to have breakfast with me.

I knew him from before

This week, he had already come when I was having breakfast early with my husband, before the kids got up. We tried to feed him bread, seeds, but he did not take anything, he does not seem domesticated. When my husband went to the kitchen to fetch some cereals for himself, the parrot jumped onto the table, 30 cm from me, not intimidated the least, and he mimicked drinking from my husband's coffee cup, which was empty. I found it hilarious, amazed as to why he did that, and tried to photograph the scene, but my camera was in my bedroom and it was not possible to do it on time. 

When I returned, he was still there, but on the railings, not on the table. 

And today, he is back! ...