Artist Reply: OOO! THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU ARE MAKING ME CRY. YES, CLOWNIE WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL COCKATIEL. HE USED TO LOVE TO LET YOU RUB HIS HEAD WITH YOUR NOSE, HE WOULD NIP AT YOU IF YOU DIDN'T. INSISTANT BIRD, LOVED ATTENTION AND LOVED TO MAKE NOISES LIKE A GUINEA PIG I ONCE HAD THAT HE LOVED. HE WOULD SIT ON THE CORNER OF THE GUINEA PIGS CAGE AND JUST LOOK AT HIM WITH LOVE. FUNNY THING. CLOWNIE LOVED TAKING A BATH ALSO. HE WOULD PUT UP ONE WING AND THEN THE OTHER TO BE SHOWERED WITH SPRAY. BUT THE MOST AMAZING TIME WAS THE DAY I HAD HIM IN THE SHOWER WITH ME SITTING ON MY SHOULDER, HE LOVED TO CATCH THE SPLASH. I REMEMBER THE SUN SPARKLING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW CREATING RAINBOWS IN EACH DROP OF WATER. I SAID, "CLOWNIE YOU LOVE YOUR BATH DON'T YOU!" AND HE RUBBED HIS FACE ALL OVER MINE... SUNSHINE AND LOVE SPREAD THROUGH ME LIKE MELTING BUTTER THAT DAY. I STILL REMEMBER HIS SOFT HEAD AND FEATHERS. MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. IF YOU NEVER HAD A BIRD IT IS AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. I CAN NOT EXPLAIN. I ALWAYS WANTED A BIRD AND WOULD LONG TO HOLD ONE IN MY HANDS, SO I BOUGHT CLOWNIE, A CREME COLORED LUTINO. I WOULD TELL CLOWNIE I WISHED I COULD B A BIRDIE WITH HIM AND FLY AWAY. BUT I AM HUMAN AND NOW MY CLOWNIE IS GONE AFTER 17 YEARS. I STILL CRY AND DON'T THINK I WILL EVER GET OVER LOSING HIM COMPLETELY. I HAD TO MOVE TO CALIFORNIA, DROVE THERE IN MY CAR AND DIDN'T THINK CLOWNIE WOULD SURVIVE THE TRIP, SO I LEFT HIM WITH A FRIEND, THINKING I MIGHT SEND FOR HIM LATER. BUT HE DIED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER I LEFT. THEY THINK IT WAS FROM A BROKEN HEART. MY SISTER BURIED CLOWNIE BY HER FRONT PORCH IN THE FLOWER BED, A LITTLE WHITE ROCK WITH HIS NAME ON IT TELLS THE STORY. NOW HE IS THAT, A LITTLE WHITE ROCK IN MY HEART. THANK YOU FOR LIKING THIS AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS. I HOPE THE GOD OF THE ANGELS BLESSES YOU WITH LOVE AND THE FREEDOM OFF THE SKIES. SINSEERLY CHRISTINE BRAND

Artist Reply: Gavin, you make me cry. Only love can see love, only beauty can recognize beauty in other things. Thank you for your kindness, you are a very sensitive soul. I knew that the first time I stumbled upon your art work. My heart is with you Gavin. I only wish happiness and peace for you and the truth of love and the answers to life. In the Name of Our Creator of all Good things ...much hugs. Sinseerly CB