One of my favorite moments!

I was getting ready for church and didn't have a lot of time so I brought Gussie in the bathroom with me while I was finishing my hair and makeup.  

This served two purposes:

1-I could continue getting ready without being slowed down

2-I could spend time with Gussie and eliminate the guilt!  ;)

She talks and dances and plays on the shower rod.  Occasionally she gets too close to the walls so I do have to watch her but I have found that, depending on her mood, I can generally trust her to keep her distance and not chew on my decorative paint job.  

One of her favorite practices has to do with eliminating all of the hanging towels from a nearby swiveling towel contraption.  I usually move them before she gets near but she has been known to remove them and toss them on the floor.  And then it's not uncommon to hear her follow that with a laugh that sounds very much like mine.  (What was I saying about not being slowed down?.....)

On this particular Sunday morning Gussie was being quite playful.  She moved back and forth on the shower rod covering every inch of it as if it were here very own playset.  She was chattering and making happy noises and even competed in volume with the blow dryer.  Then, except for the noise from the blow dryer, it was quiet.  I turned to see what she was up to and couldn't stop laughing.  She was hanging off the shower rod by her beak with talons splayed and nothing close enough to remedy the situation.  She was totally helpless and she knew it.  So, I rescued her and called an end to her playtime for that day.    

I only wish I had a camera ready for that shot.  It is so clearly etched in my memory that I  still laugh out loud every time I picture it.

It's definetly one of my favorite moments....and I wasn't even late for church.