Joyous Kwanzaa! ❤️❤️❤️🖤💚💚💚 Photos of Cooper’s Kwanzaa over the years.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! 🎄

This year's holiday card. Front, back and envelope seal. 💚🩷💛🌵🩵🧡💜

Sido's poinsettia portrait. She isn't fond of the camera, but I try to get a holiday photo of her every year. 💛🧡🩶

Tippi and Santa want to know... have you been naughty or nice this year? 💛💚🤍❤️

You've heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for...

First Day of Winter! ❄️

Happy Hanukkah! 🕎

Thinking of Harvey on what would have been his hatchday. Harvey was a rehomed budgie. He never became fully tame, but we were content that he loved being part of a flock. He enjoyed hanging with the boys and wooing the girls. If you want to add a budgie to your family, please consider adopting. 💛💙

Bodhi Day 🪷 May all beings have happy minds.

Krampusnacht - instead of schnapps, Marvinkrampus suggests you leave out millet Gruß vom Krampus!

Giving Tuesday 💙 This year, we've decided to donate Cooper's earnings from her Redbubble and Zazzle stores to G'Day Birdie Sactuary. The sanctuary works closely with veterinary clinics, shelters, local authorities, and the general public to provide medical care and shelter for small birds.

Tippi and Marvin had fun putting together a new autumn playlist for you to chirp along to. 🍂 It’s “Tippi and Marvin’s 2025 Autumn Playlist” now on Spotify! (to find the playlist, go to profiles and type in melliots1).

Today is the 14th anniversary of Cooper’s blog. We brought Cooper home in August 2011. It didn’t take long to realize what a special little budgie she was, so I decided to share her photos and adventures. Sending our love and thanks to all of our friends who stop by to see what they are up to.

Wishing you a delicious day! 🥧

Tippi and Snoopy are celebrating the birthday of Charles M. Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

We donate what Cooper makes from her Redbubble shop to her favorite bird rescues. This is the sixth year we will be adopting a turkey through #FarmSanctuary. This year Tippi adopted Julie. 🦃 Tippi recommends skipping the turkey this Thanksgiving. It’s all about the sides anyway. 🙂 #skiptheturkey

Tippi is thankful for Lafeber Nutri-Berries! Formulated by top avian veterinarians and avian nutritionists, Classic Nutri-berries are made with human-grade, non-GMO ingredients and contain vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants. #Lafeber #nutriberries

Budgie or beaver? 🦫

Remembering Riley on her hatchday. We adopted Riley from the Humane Society. She was recovering from a horrible case of mites. When she was better, she joined the flock and wasted no time making herself at home. Our "Smiley Riley" quickly became a happy, playful budgie. #adoptdontshop

Budgie ballerina! 🩰 Tippi is celebrating World Ballet Day.

Veterans Day - honoring all who served.

Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away. ☀️ Happy birthday Sesame Street (56 years old)!

Grrr... When you get broccoli instead of millet. 🥦 (Arthur's fist meme)

Peeple Magazine coverbird! Marvin is wickedly handsome and oh-so charming.

Día de Muertos 🩷🖤💀🖤🩷

Sunday, Nov. 2 at 2 a.m. Tippi says, “Don’t forget to fall back!” ⏰

Happy Halloween! 🦇

In space, no one can hear you squawk.

The Green Ribbon

Burglarigars 👑 Uh oh. Marvin and Tippi - where did you get those jewels?? #LouvreHeist

It's Wonder Woman Day! 💛❤️💙 (Cooper as Wonder Budgie)

Happy Diwali! 🪔 Wishing you love and light.

No kings. 🇺🇲

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Tippi and Marvin say, "Don't forget to do your self-checks." 🩷

Remembering our "baby" Emmy on her hatchday. Emmy was always in the thick of things. She was a messy eater and liked to sleep with her bum in the air. She loved her tweetheart, Ozzie, and if she wasn't with him, she was hanging with the girls. She was so soft and smelled divine. We miss you, Emmy.

Fun with emojis! 🙂🙃🙂 These are the ones I think best describe Tippi and Marvin. What emojis would you use for your bird❓

Tippi's turn She says she can hang, too. 🙂

Bat boy! 🦇

Mid-Autumn Festival 🥮 May your future shine as bright as the moon.

Oktoberfest - Prost! 🍻🥨

Why are you eating a Kälteen bar? Happy Mean Girls Day! 🩷

A little poem from Marvin to Tippi. (Original is "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams)

Guess who is 2(ish)? 🎂 Today we celebrated Tippi's Hatchday! We adopted Tippi from the San Diego Humane Society (she had been found outdoors), so we don't know how old she really is. Tippi spent the day eating millet and playing with her new toys. (*flame on candle is Photoshopped)

Tippi's after Tippi's after school snack. Will trade cookies for millet...

First day of fall! 🍂

International Day of Peace ☮️

Will the real budgie please stand up.

National Pet Bird Day! We're celebrating with kisses and millet. 💛💚 💛🧡🩶

I like to remember our “rainbow” budgies on their hatchdays. Feisty, curious and adorable. That was our little Lera. She enjoyed baths, toys, cauliflower and getting into everything. Lera packed a lot of personality into a tiny body and we loved her very much. #adoptdontshop