No pictures, sorry. We're all still a little shocked. I made "tabouli," with quinoa instead of wheat, and with the addition of carrots — among other non-traditional items. Finsters and parrotlet all got to try a scaled down version: no dressing or scallions or anything like that, just plain quinoa and shredded carrots. Although everybody (even Peanut!) tried the carrots, the quinoa was the definite favorite. Just what I need, another non-vegetable food item that Peanut likes. But that's not the exciting story.

Not satisfied with the fare in his special dish, sitting on its special tray, Peanut flew home, flew to my head, stepped onto my hand (such a good boy), stepped back onto the tray, flicked a few bits of carrot around, ate a grain or two of quinoa, then launched himself and landed in my bowl. Smack, dab in the middle of the bowl, right on top of the "tabouli." Right away, he flew off to the Finsterium, where he told me about the experience, and then he flew home to preen a bit. I thought he might take a bath, but I guess he likes the scent of lemon juice and olive oil.