4/22-4/27

I'm at the Animal Sanctuary. The animals and my hosts Shaun and Michael are great. It is fun to watch the fauna and project human thoughts, feelings and dramas onto them and their interactions with one another. For instance...Max and Rouge are a parrot couple. Max is a bit more sociable, so it is common for him to hang out on someone shoulder for a stint. When he is returned to his home, Rouge gives him the, "Where the hell were you? Dinner is on the counter.....cold!" He knows he should have called to tell her he was gonna be late, so he does the, "Awe babe, don't be like that. Give me some sugar."

Here are some other things I did the last couple days....

• I got lost in the bush. Bronny and I were trying to find an alleged waterfall using a crude map that was artfully drawn with some Crayola product by Sarah. We never found it.
• I ran away from a hornets nest, screaming like a man and disrobing after disturbing it by accident. All I have to show for my discovery are 3 stings and a swollen arm.
• I've watched two full games of rugby on tv. Im slowly, but surely learning how it's played. It's amazing more of the players dont get hurt worse more often.
• I bonded with my roommate Timmy the turtle. He would climb onto my chest and stare at my face and analyze my movements and expressions as a human infant might do.
• I sat and listened to a Tui named Cassidy talk to himself in voices vey similar to C3PO and James Earl Jones.
• I've scooped chicken poop, pig poop, donkey poop, goat poop and duck poop.
• I've had a Lorikeet display to my foot and attack the same foot in a 10 minute period.
• I've witnessed Michael jam out to Eminem while working at his computer. He and Eminem are an unlikely combonation.
• I've witnessed an animal whisperer psycho analyze an array of beasts. She was suprisingly accurate.

Neadless to say, there is never a dull moment here at the Sanctuary. Good times! :)

Goals include.....Find the waterfall, use the pool table, learn all of the animals names.

Next host will be in the Coromandel. The Driving Creek Cafe. Stay tuned......