The Rickeybird Scrapbook, 1984 - Updates

[BirdyBee]

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"I give you hens some hot kissesz later!"​

RB I got some more chiles! You'll have enough for a lifetime!

Also I think you'll like this one

(No I didn't taste test them, otherwise I'd be no more! Apologise in advance for bad tasting chiles)

 

[Rozalka]

Happy Hatchday Rickeybird!

 

[GaleriaGila]

Happy Hatch'n Day Bird!

From
Salty

Happy RickeybirdHatchDay, dearest Wrenchie, and nest-mates. We made it another year1

 

[GaleriaGila]

Happy happy Hatch Day, dear Rickeybird! I brought you these. Hope you like them
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On behalf of the bird and all those who love it when his beakie is busy eatin'...
Thank you, Saxie!

 

[GaleriaGila]

RB I got some more chiles! You'll have enough for a lifetime!
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Also I think you'll like this one
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(No I didn't taste test them, otherwise I'd be no more! Apologise in advance for bad tasting chiles)

Baby, THAT's one for the ages. I may print it and put it on his wall!!!!!!
Thank you!

 

[Laurasea]

Happy hatch day!!! And wishing you many more.
Ml

 

[Kentuckienne]

We’re those…Hatch chilis?

 

[GaleriaGila]

Happy hatch day!!! And wishing you many more.
Ml

Hey there, Rozalka... if the Rb weren't so busy chomping chiles, I know he'd thank hos Auntie Roz!

 

[GaleriaGila]

We’re those…Hatch chilis?

Somebody's been doing their research!
Well, yes, indeed, the best chiles in the world are from Hatch, New Mexico, breeding location of His Majesty himself. I was in school in Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico State,, and blew an entire work-study check to buy him on that fateful day in '84.
During harvest, you could make a few stops along the rural highways and pick up chiles that fell off of a few of the farm trucks, and have a bushel of peppers for canning, smoking, drying... or in my case, parrot-feeding. Those were the days...
When we first moved up North, you could rarely find Hatch... MAYBE canned... but now, their fans have spread, and you can even grab a bag in Cleveland, Ohio... Land of the Yankees. They are so coveted that there are fake-labeled Hatch chiles, so you need to trust your grocer.
From Wikipedia...
"Hatch chile is a label for New Mexico chile grown in the Hatch Valley, in and around Hatch, New Mexico, which has large acreages dedicated to the crop.[12] It is an important crop to New Mexico's economy and culture,[6][13] and it is sold worldwide including Europe, Australia, and Japan.[14][15]
New Mexico green chile flavor has been described as lightly pungent similar to an onion, or like garlic with a subtly sweet, spicy, crisp, and smoky taste.[16] The ripened red retains the flavor, but adds an earthiness and bite while aging mellows the front-heat[clarification needed] and delivers more of a back-heat[clarification needed].[17][18] The spiciness depends on the variety of New Mexico chile pepper.[19]"
Seriously, they ARE great.

 

[Laurasea]

Hey there, Rozalka... if the Rb weren't so busy chomping chiles, I know he'd thank hos Auntie Roz!

Lol you mean hey Laura

 

[SailBoat]

Ricky only wants the Best!!

 

[Rozalka]

Lol you mean hey Laura

Or maybe the wrong post quoted?😅

 

[GaleriaGila]

Or maybe the wrong post quoted?😅

Who knows? We're all high on chiles here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖞𝕻𝖎𝖈𝖆]

Who knows? We're all high on chiles here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poor Ricky, give him back his chilies!!!

 

[GaleriaGila]

Well, well, well...

I was honored by the following thread... congratulating me and mine on our 8th anniversary here.

Happy 6th PF Anniversary Gail (GaleriaGila)!!!!

Happy 8th PF Anniversary Gail! We have become as close as sisters over the years, and I love you with all my heart. You and Rb are forum Royalty here, and reading about your long life with Rb is so inspiring. You won an award that the Mods came up with years ago, the Sunshine Award...

www.parrotforums.com

Thank you, Terry, one and all.

By coincidence, my family and I are also celebrating our 25th anniversary (in the same week) of relocating to Cleveland from New Mexico. The Rb was 12 tears old. I was... uhhh... 29! Again!!!

Thank you, PF!

 

[Cottonoid]

I love this photo so much!!!!

New Mexico Re/max sign; New Mexico t-shirt; a stately The Rickeybird; a most beautiful @GaleriaGila; a pixelated view of Cotton's green headed naked ancestor above your head that he is trying to tell me is a tree 🤭

And the time stamp in the corner that had me realizing exactly where I was in the world and in my life and days from learning I was pregnant with my son when this photo was taken as you and the Rickeybird were embarking on a different adventure but adventure all the same

 

[GaleriaGila]

Wow, Cottonoid, just... wow!
This Community we have here really is amazing... the things we share, and how and when, sometimes when we don't even know it's happening.
Thank you for this!

And... how did I fail to notice the transcendental parrot spirit perching on my head???

 

[MayMaroa]

Wow!!! cottonoid what a coincidence!!!

 

[Cottonoid]

Well Cotton is still insisting it's a tree but I'm not convinced.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Eeeeeeeeekkk...
EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!