Jen and Bug gave me the idea of eating pistachios, cleaning the shells, and using them as toys. Peanut likes them! I took a few movies using my digital camera; the quality is pretty low, but gives a glimpse of the fun Peanut had. In the first clip, you can see the fun of flicking the shells around. In the second clip, Peanut has hopped off the cup onto the table, only to realize he isn't quite big enough to climb back on the cup. After a hand up, the third clip shows the fun of picking up the shells and dropping them, and — about three quarters of the way through — how much he LOVES them.

Yes, that's Peanut regurgitating to the cup of pistachio shells.

But, it is that time of the year, after all. Despite the cold and snow in some parts of the world, it's almost Spring, and time to think about procreation. Nance from Florida reports one of her finches laid an egg yesterday, the red-tailed hawks in Manhattan appear to be sitting on eggs, and Peanut thinks that pistachio shells are really, really HOT.

Don't think I'm jealous of pistachio shells, Peanut regurgitates for me, too. Mmmmm, bird puke!