August 2024 POTM Contest!!! 💖

[LaManuka]

August 2024 POTM Contest!!!
This month's theme is...
"The Way Old Friends Do"

New Friends Are
A Wonderful Adventure,
A Blessing Full Of New Discoveries!!

And It's Amazing How "New" Friends Can Become "Old" Friends Very Quickly!
(especially at bath time!)

Absent Friends Will
Never Leave Our Hearts ...

And Magic Happens
When Old And New Friends
Get Together!!

(pic courtesy of my best buddy from high school, thanks Jan!)​

So Let's Celebrate
Our Feathered Friends,
Whether Old Or New,
And All The Gifts
They Bring Us,
The Way Old Friends Do!

No more than one "Official Entry"
per member, but there is no limit
on "Just For Fun" images.

Don't forget to advise if
the submission is
an "Official" entry or "Just For Fun"!

Please ensure to include your
bird's name in your post,
and remember to
observe safety guidelines.

You may use the application, software or
image generator of your choice
to caption or enhance your entry,
but any bird/s pictured
must be your own.

The winner receives a free
One Year Premium Membership
to Parrot Forums, and the
winning entry will be displayed
on the Home Page
for the following month.

Entries are open now
and will close early morning
on August 29 - times will vary
depending on your local timezone.
At the end of the submission period,
a 3-day poll will be held
to determine the winner.

Best of luck everyone!

"Times of joy, and times of sorrow,
We will always see it through,
Oh I don't care what comes tomorrow,
We can face it together,
The Way Old Friends Do!"

(and I am SHOCKED that it's taken me this long to squeeze some ABBA into one of these things!! )​

 

[GoldenDaysAz]

What a BEAUTFUL Theme! AND ABBA!
…now I really feel like I know you LaManuka

 

[LaManuka]

What a BEAUTFUL Theme! AND ABBA!
…now I really feel like I know you LaManuka

Well there's not much to know. Just give me some parrots and ABBA and I'm a happy girl!!

 

[GoldenDaysAz]

Well there's not much to know. Just give me some parrots and ABBA and I'm a happy girl!!

Exactly

 

[Terry57]

What a wonderful theme, Mart! It's so nice to see sweet Lily again
I figure I'm going to have a couple of JFF this month.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Pure Manuka, pure Marty! Great idea.
If I can find anybody that the Rb loves as much as himself, I'll be set...
Maybe a photo of him with a mirror!

 

[GoldenDaysAz]

I was going to sit this one out, but I just can’t resist. Let’s get this party started!…

 

[GoldenDaysAz]

Official Entry: Miki (Blue Crown Conure), Rico (Caique), Daisy, Chip & Chester (Golden Conures).

Sing to the Brady Bunch tune:
-Here’s a story of a lovely lady, who was older and needed a new home. When she found it, a place she could retire, she knew she found her zone.
-Here’s a story of a Caique named Rico, who was also looking for a loving home. When he found it, Miki was his equal, then they were not alone.
-Then the one day when Miss Miki went to heaven, Daisy came to be by Mister Rico's side, she was comfort, until he also left her, life was then full strife...
-Til’ the one day when the two boys came to Daisy, and we knew that it was much more than a hunch, that this group must somehow form a family, that’s the way we all became the golden bunch. The golden bunch, the golden bunch, that’s the way we became the Golden Bunch!

 

[LaManuka]

Pure Manuka, pure Marty! Great idea.
If I can find anybody that the Rb loves as much as himself, I'll be set...
Maybe a photo of him with a mirror!

Thank you Aunty G! I'm looking forward to seeing what you and that loveable rogue of a Rickeybird come up with this month - 'specially as a certain Swedish Supergroup wrote a song about the Rb before he was even born!!

 

[LaManuka]

Official Entry: Miki (Blue Crown Conure), Rico (Caique), Daisy, Chip & Chester (Golden Conures).
View attachment 60406
Sing to the Brady Bunch tune:
-Here’s a story of a lovely lady, who was older and in need of a new home. When she found it, a place she could retire, she knew she found her zone.
-Here’s a story of a Caique named Rico, who was also looking for a loving home. When he found it, Miki was his equal, then they were not alone.
-Then the one day when Miss Miki went to heaven, Daisy came to be by Mister Rico's side, she was comfort, until he also left her, life was then full strife...
-Til’ the one day when the two boys came to Daisy, and we knew that it was much more than a hunch, that this group must somehow form a family, that’s the way we all became the golden bunch. The golden bunch, the golden bunch, that’s the way we became the Golden Bunch!

Oh @GoldenDaysAz, it wouldn't have even been a party without you and your flock! Thank you for your entry!!

 

[GaleriaGila]

This will be one for the ages....
A nice ABA interlude or two, or more...

Just for fun:

 

[GoldenDaysAz]

This will be one for the ages....
A nice ABA interlude or two, or more...

Just for fun:
View attachment 60410

LOVE THIS and the ABBA theme is a blast

 

[LaManuka]

This will be one for the ages....
A nice ABA interlude or two, or more...

Just for fun:
View attachment 60410

The @Rival_of_the_Rickeybird says...

 

[GoldenDaysAz]

Ok @LaManuka and @GaleriaGila … here’s my ABBA party contribution just for fun…
And remember, you two started it

 

[GaleriaGila]

Once again my marital/avicultural chaos is displayed. Unashamedly guilty as charged!!!!

 

[Jexnell]

Official entry

Old not so friends.....

 

[LaManuka]

Official entry

Old not so friends.....View attachment 60443

Well we can't ALL be besties, can we? Finny and feathery "frenemies" are welcome at this shindig too! Thank you for your entry, @Jexnell!

 

[LaManuka]

Once again my marital/avicultural chaos is displayed. Unashamedly guilty as charged!!!!

Aunty G, I believe you and I to be birds of a very similar feather. As are Rival and MrLK, in aviculturally chaotic terms!!

 

[GaleriaGila]

If I had a picture that lived up to THAT one, I'd post it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could Mr. LK ever pose in his uniform? I could get Kirby to pose in his Cleveland Browns tee-shirt... meh.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Official sumission. I really raided the archives for this entry!
The Rickeybird and yours truly. He was about 6 months old in the first and 39-40 in the second. I was 29 in both.