{"id":85,"date":"2007-12-09T00:28:31","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T08:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/12\/a-parrot-in-a-pine-tree\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:13:19","slug":"a-parrot-in-a-pine-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/09\/a-parrot-in-a-pine-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"A Parrot In A Pine Tree&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/09\/a-parrot-in-a-pine-tree\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F09%2Fa-parrot-in-a-pine-tree%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Barry and I just finished decorating our Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we got it last week&#8230; and it was sitting there naked for a few days.<\/p>\n<p>But we wanted to take the time to enjoy decorating it together, as a family, because time spent together is a lot more important than getting a task done.<\/p>\n<p>In a bit of a fun spirit, we decided to put his parrot puppet on the top of the tree.  I had mentioned that it would fit, but I was only half serious&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But sometimes being different, just for the fun of it, is important&#8230; because it&#8217;s much better to have fun than to try to do things because others say we &#8220;should&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So as a result&#8230; rather than a <em>partridge in a pear tree<\/em>, we have a <em>parrot in a pine tree<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video we shot of Pasquel on top, and me in front of the tree (with Mercury and Jupiter) &#8212; including an explanation of this blog, for the people that have been asking what its purpose is:<\/p>\n<p><center><embed src=\"http:\/\/go.webvideoplayer.com\/webvideo.player?XePp9zmTwylrk7SGfoW37026\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"292\" width=\"330\"><\/embed><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Season&#8217;s Greetings&#8230; and Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/heather_sig.jpg\" title=\"Heather Vale\" alt=\"Heather Vale\" height=\"31\" width=\"185\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry and I just finished decorating our Christmas tree. 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