Here I am with Phil recording his 3rd album with his band, The Partridge Quartet. In this picture Phil and I are just playing around with harmonies for his cover of Hallelujah, the song from Shrek. Tim took a lot of video footage of the entire day with all of us hanging around and singing and playing around etc. We did a couple of Christmas type songs and I added some harmonies in the background. It was lots of fun, with Phil and his band members (Rich and Adam) and their silly and often irreverent songs. We had a great time fooling around in the studio which was pretty much just a garage in a parking lot by the railroad tracks. It was all pretty Rock and Roll, and we had a great time.
Well it is finally the new year, and Tim and I didn't have long left to hang out together and relax, so we went away to his auntie Gill's farm in Shere where they have a chalet for people to rent out for vacations. It happened to be free for a while, so she invited us to go and stay. So we went to stay for a couple nights on our way to visit Phil in Southampton. It was a nice little wooden cabin with a bedroom and a large living room/kitchen. We had a nice cozy time watching movies and going into Guildford for a day of walking around and wandering into the little shops. Then we headed to Phil's for a day of recording his 3rd album in the studio.
Here I am in Scotland with Dylan the owl. Tim's uncle Rod runs the Scottish Owl Center which is where we were staying in Scotland. They have a bunch of different owls and some of them are trained for displays like this one, whose name is Dylan. Dylan is a barn owl and very friendly. He enjoyed flying back and forth from my hand to the perches on either side of the room. Rod rewarded him by feeding him bits of baby chick meat which is what owls eat for treats. They get the baby chick meat from chicken farmers who don't need the male chicks and get rid of them. In the wild, owls normally eat small rodents etc. and swallow them whole only to cough up the indigestible parts in pellets later on. That part is sad and very disgusting. Owls aren't the most warm and cuddly creatures, but they are very interesting despite the whole "swallowing little animals whole" thing.
Here is our winter wonderland at night. It is the only part of the house that was decorated for Christmas (apart from the stuff in our bedroom). We are still enjoying it even though it's past Christmas now. We like to prolong things in our family; just ask my mom when she takes down the Christmas decorations at home! But we wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year. We've got 5 hours on the Americans, so we are already well underway with our new year's resolutions. I will post more soon about our adventures over Christmas and in Scotland, but for now that's it.
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