I'm half a century old

I don't know how this happened. I swear to god I just turned 21. I have a lot of thoughts, not all cheery, some that are but it's late and I'll save them.

Mom and I went to the aviary. I've been there before but it was supposed to rain (it didn't) so I passed on the outdoorsy thing I most wanted to do.

Lots of pretty birds. I wish I could figure out how to upload my videos to FB because I'd love to share you the videos I got of a couple hapless males trying to flirt their way into some sex (and failing).

They have a flight simulator, Birdly, where you lay on this simulator and your arms go into this jointed wing thing so you can dive, climb and bank through NYC. This was my first time in a virtual reality head set. The last thing she says before we start was 'a lot of people say the dive is like a rollercoaster but you're not going to fall off.' Yeah that was an understatement. That dive felt like a 30 story free fall. I ended up diving like a sissy, a little at a time. It did make me a bit dizzy/nauseated but it was tons of fun. I'm glad I did it.

From there Mom and I went to Max's Allegheny Tavern, a German place in the North side since 1869. The food was good but not the potato pancakes. How can a German restaurant suck on those?

I didn't get to go out for the big dinner because my brother wanted to cram a fathers day/birthday dinner together and smoked a chicken and pork butt using alderwood (I preffered the oak but it was tasty) A DQ birthday ice cream cake rounded things out.

Now I'm here with Kanda so it was a nice day.

A wattled curassow that likes to sit on the bench


An old bird


This penguin was me. She fell down all the time.

Nicobar Pigeon

Hyacinth MacCaw


Bald Eagle


Victoria Crowned Pigeon


Sloth

Rhinocerous Hornbill


flying foxes


Randyland. It's a couple blocks from the aviary. @ 25 years ago, a waiter (Randy) moved into the Mexican War area of Pitt and tried to save it from being a rough shit hole. Google Randyland to learn more.