clever nettle - vintage & fashion in portland, oregon

Two things have turned blue this month, my hair and my little bird friend! Of course, the bird was always blue, but I wasn’t. We adopted our buddy (she’s a parrotlet) on New Year’s Eve, from a Southern lady living in the weird Oregon suburb countryside. My bird’s parents are white (the rare kind!) and green parrotlets. We named her Miracle Baby. We call her cage Stately Bird Manor because she likes to do a crazy Batman move where she dangles upside down by her foot and then drops before she soars into the air. Her feathers are blue, gray and white, and she keeps a really bright blue patch hidden on her back. We’ve decided to let her keep her wings (VS clipping them, like our old bird) because she is amazing at flying, really seems to enjoy it, and it’s good exercise. Our last bird never even learned to fly, and that seems like a bummer to me. One of her favorite flying moves is to launch from the window will, swoop past my head and actually brush my hair a bit, and zoom around the room. She’s so fast! Yesterday she was sitting on the window sill when a hummingbird outside saw her and hovered in the air so they could have a staring contest.

And now I match my friend! It was semi-accidental, we were aiming for a lavender color but after all the bleaching and toning it didn’t quite take. A cool surprise. Thanks for Lindsey for spending so many hours working on it! Year of the Water Dragon!