CPQ News...

The Laughing Parrot Gallery
in downtown Loveland is closed.  Some of the items from the Gallery are available for sale online.  There are no plans to open another gallery.

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

Companion Parrot Quarterly
PO Box 812
Loveland, Colorado 80539

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

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.