We are all bird lovers of the wild type on here. I also love pet birds. I have two green cheeked conures do any of you also like pet birds or have any?
My mother used to say "There's no joy in growing old". I used to believe her until I retired. I now know different!!! Growing old means retirement. Retirement means not having to go out to work. Not having to go out to work means you can do what you want, when you want. That includes sitting on my bum all day with one brew after another, watching my birds, unless I chose to do something else!
Cheers, Linda.
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Oh Sparrow, set yourself a variety of little projects or tasks. I do this in school holidays, especially summer. I have a cross stitch, knitting, various sketchbooks, embroidery, card making, some decorating, variety of puzzles to exercise the brain, gardening. I am always on the look out for new ideas for lessons. I love rummaging around in little quirky old shops as I collect beads & bits of ribbon etc for my textile work. And ...... I have all of my pets to keep me occupied. I am very kinaesthetic / visual, I have to be doing & looking in otherwords. It depends on what style of learner you are Sparrow, if you do not cater for your brains needs you will become frustrated.
Hi Birdmum,
I wasn't complaining about being retired! I love it to bits. I was trying to say I can do exactly what I want and when I want, without being regulated by having to go to work every day. If I want to stay home and bird watch, I can, without feeling guilty. I am also a genealogist and that certainly keeps my brain in full gear. I have my own website, which is a one-place study of a town in West Yorkshire that has almost 2,000 pages up to now, and I help other people with their family history research. Now that is one huge jigsaw! We also go away in this country at every opportunity and aim to spend a week in every county, looking and learning about other places our country has to offer - 5 separate weeks booked already for 2010. So there is no danger of my brain getting addled just yet - and I'm not THAT old!!!!! But thanks for the concern!
Sorry Sparrow,
I thought you were fed up with not having things to do. I get quickly into lazy mode in the holidays if I don't set myself tasks & I imagine retirement can be like that. Wow genealogy sounds good. It must be very difficult to trace generations, but my 2nd cousin has done half of my family so I guess it would be cheating for me to do it.
I am jealous, I can't wait to retire, only problem is the retirement age is getting higher all the time. I can't cope with the thought of running around after delinquent youths into my late 60's, it's difficult now. In 20 yrs time they will be a hell of a lot worse. I will have to do something different I guess. I have always fancied working for the zoo in the education department, visiting schools, youthclubs etc.
I've posted elsewhere in the welcome forum about my pet birds. My partner and I live with a starling, a sparrow and a magpie in the house. All were hand-reared, and all turned out too tame to release. We also have a tame magpie who lives in an aviary in the garden. He was hand-reared and released, but made a nuisance of himself and was recaptured and brought to a wildlife hospital before coming to live with us. On 10th December we took on 2 azure-winged magpies from Chester zoo. One is a few years old and a hand-rear, very friendly, and always demanding a treat if you walk past. The other is 9, has a cataract, and managed to break his leg within 2 days of arriving here, so is now recovering (and grumpy) in the house!
A closed mouth gathers no foot.