We had a pretty quiet time here. Mum was sad because a member of the family died just before Christmas, but the house was full on Christmas Day and had been busy over the New Year too. Gosh! I forgot to wish you all a Happy New Year! Here in Scotland we celebrate New Year a lot, but Mum says it is not like it used to be. Everyone used to go round all friends and neighbours first footing them! She says that it means the first foot to pass over the threshold in the New Year....and people are invited in and drink the health of the people with some kind of alcohol (....whatever that is! ) It is usually whisky, she says! 

We are having lots of very windy days and nights here. I don't like it much as the wind makes a howling noise and it sounds like something that might eat me up. Mum says tha poor birdies outside have to battle against the wind to fly around and look for food. She is good to the birds....she puts lots of food out for the hens and the wild birds eat more than the hens! She also has sunflower hearts for the smaller birds (lucky things!....I love sunflower , but I don't get any! Mum says it makes me too fat, but I am just a chubby bird!) She also has a big piece of suet anf the small birds love that too.

I spend a lot of time sitting on my playpen, you see from there I can see Mum if she is in the next room and I like to keep my eye on her...sometimes she comes and gives me a tickle and a kiss and I like that! Captain, as usual is busy with his boxes! He gets so excited when Mum brings in a new one. He walks around it and susses it out, then he sets to and gets a hole big enough for him to climb inside! Once he is inside, he scratches and scrapes on the floor of the box and bits of chewed cardboard come flying out the end and land on the floor....just after Mum has swept up the mess from his last box! I am not so keen on boxes, but occasionally I do have a go at the one that is on top of my cage.
Dizzy is such a noisy little bird and in the morning Mum gets mad at us because he sets me off and the pair of us holler at each other and really make a marvellous rumpus!
Dizzy plays all day with his toys and then he gets to sit on Mum's knee in the evening and I get very jealous 'cos that is MY place, however, he goes to bed quite early, then it is my turn and I can sit there for ages!

I'm sorry this is not my usual bouncy letter, but I am not feeling so bouncy without seeing the sun. We haven't seen the sun for ages and those dark grey days don't do much for our spirits, so they?  Gosh, the wind is howling again and I hope Mum will come soon and be beside us....I am not scared when she is here.
Lots of love to you all, 
Your good friend,
Sam.
 
 

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