38/52 Bird a week - Harold singing his favorite song

This week's bird creation is based on my pet parrot "Harold".  He is such a cutie.  Every morning he gets an hour of children's television and he loves it! All those high pitched voices and lots of excitement gets him singing along. 

Currently, he watches "Curious George" at 8am and then "The Cat in the Hat" at 8.30am.  If you want to make a phone call while Harold is watching his TV programs, you have to go outside, as he makes far too much noise!

Hearing a parrot sing with you or with the TV or a CD is such a happy thing! His favorite song is "you are my sunshine".  People who come to visit him always sing it too fast however, so if you come by one day and meet Harold, remember to sing his favorite song - but sing it slooooowwwwwlllllyyyy. Then he'll join in.

This week's bird in the photo is a brooch, made of steel with a magnet to secure it to your clothes.

Take a look at the links below to see what other birds have been made this week by others also on our year long challenge to make a different bird each week:

Experimenting

I've been experimenting all day today with lots of new stuff - not metal clay ...... and got nowhere! Guess it's time to quit for the day. It's frustrating as I actually had a full day to create but now have nothing to show for it...

When I think how much metal clay I could have achieved today, it makes it worse....but I guess I do want to try new things.....it's just that I want them to work perfectly the first time I try them :-DDDD

To cheer myself up, I'm wearing my little pin I made this week of my parrot Harold with a new pin back that I formed. It's holding up OK... This is my second Harold pin - and I prefer the colors in this one. I'll have to show them both to Harold and see which he prefers.

Good old cheery Harold.

Harold my parrot

Just before I left on this trip, I made a pin/brooch, styled on my pet parrot Harold. He's such a wonderful bird, most entertaining and a key part of my life. He's at home with my hubby right now - but I have sung to him down the phone so he doesn't miss me too much. Anyhow - this little silver Harold came with me.



Hello Harold!