CPQ News...

We now have our office up and running in Loveland, Colorado and love it here. Issue #70 with the flying Scarlet Macaw on the cover was mailed out in early August and should have reached most subscribers by now. Sometimes basic mail delivery can take up to 6 weeks to be delivered.

The Laughing Parrot Gallery and Museum at 239 E 4th St in Loveland is now OPEN. We are currently showing the avian watercolors of John Brasaemle. Please go to our featured artist page (link). John’s work will be on display until September 16th.

The Laughing Parrot Gallery houses our CPQ offices and a parrot/bird art and etc. museum as well as an extensive bird related library.

Our new contact information is as follows:
Mailing address is:

Companion Parrot Quarterly
Laughing Parrot Gallery
239 E 4th St
Loveland, Colorado 80537

If you wish to contact us.
Phone and Order Line: 970-278-0233
Fax: 970-744-4434

SALLY BLANCHARD'S Personal News

My mother, Betty, came to live with me about 7 years ago. Her care needs became quite extensive in the last two years so I had limited my speaking schedule and it became very difficult to keep up with everything. In the last few months her health declined rapidly and her care took a great deal of my time and energy.

My mother passed away in mid March at 92 years of age. She was always very supportive of my artwork and my work with parrots. My mother always loved wild birds and was particularly fond of California Quails, Hummingbirds, and Cedar Waxwings. When my parents lived in Redlands, California, the yard had a hillside of pyracantha bushes. My mother would become very protective of the Robins and Waxwings when they became inebriated from eating too many fermented berries. She would keep the neighborhood cats away while the birds slept it off.

She loved my "late great" African Parrot Bongo Marie who passed away several years ago. Bongo Marie always did something that amused my mother and she loved to tell her friends stories about the talented grey.

My mother was a very loving woman who had a delightful sense of humor and I certainly miss her and her sweet smile. 

Sally will now be able to accept limited speaking engagements. If you are interested in talking with her about a seminar, please call us at 970-278-0233.