tyabblemons Said:

     It was certainly a cold, wet day in Tyabb, the latest in a string of them. The wild Australian Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoos were hungry. They are not completely wild, as they enjoy dining at the many feeders left out by local residents. The cockies don't have to forage for food.

     But they were impatient. Rose put the seed out, then went to feed the chooks, as is her normal routine. The cockatoos were waiting in the wattle tree above the chook-yard.

     Rose just wasn't quick enough for their liking. One cocky broke this twig off the tree, and dropped it squarely on her head, from where it slid off and landed at her feet. It might have just been payment for today's seed.

Our most precious present given to us to date is this half-chewed pine-cone. It was dropped at our feet in payment for seed. We can't put a value on it. There's still good seed left in here!