On Sunday, March 29th at 9:54 pm, three weeks early......we welcomed our baby girl into the world. "Dakota Rayne Pegg"

Babies are angels without the wings!

Dakota and her Daddy.

Here we are at 25 weeks.....she is growing bigger by the day!

Paris had her picture taken with Santa. Jewel and Dighty already have one, so we thought Paris should get hers done too. She asked Santa for some new toys and some biscuits!! Isn't she beautiful???!!

This is the third ultrasound we had done...kinda creepy as it looks like a skeleton! LOL But everything looks great and the baby is growing and developing nicely!

It was my wonderful friend Jenny's surprise 40th Birthday Party. From left is Kelly (Jenny's sister in law), Jenny, Me (Valle) and Jenny's Mom Marilyn above.
HAPPY 40TH JENNY!
LOVE YA!

FABULOUS AND 40!!!
Jenny and I both turning 40 a month apart!

Me and John stopping for a picture.

Riot my #1 Gold Cap boy.....isn't he beautiful?

Three baby sun conures that I have hand fed. They are now weaned and are looking for loving homes. They are super sweet and do not bite...they love people and love to snuggle. I just love them...there is a male on the left and two females.

Here I am with my little pumpkin on Halloween! It is never too early to dress up our wee babe! Note all the food in the background...that is all I want to do these days is eat!!! ha ha ha

This is the newest addition to the feathered family...a white bellied caique!

One of Gala and Fiesta's babies...a beautiful pineapple male. We have three pineapples available to loving homes...their sister a yellowside went to live with Diana near Montreal. Gala and Fiesta have gone back to nest, we are hoping for more beautiful yellowsides and pineapples in December.

Two of my "cheeky" babies, a pineapple and a yellowside in the back.

My sweety Tim Bit.

Tim Bit showing off his wings!

John and I are excited to post that we are expecting a baby April 2009. After many many years of trying, spermwashes and Invitro.....as soon as we stopped trying VOILA! Here he or she is at 12 weeks inutero. Everything looks great so far...funny I had an ultrasound only 4 weeks ago and it looked like a Lima Bean with a heartbeat and now in that short time there are arms, legs, fingers, toes, a spine, a face....we saw the stomach and we saw him/her take a breath! It was amazing to see! No wonder I have been so tired and sick. There has been a lot of growing and developing going on in there! We can't wait to meet you in 6 months little angel! xox

Tiny Tim bit is a little Painted Conure that has had some seizures in his short little life. We love him and hope he will become big and healthy!!!

Tim Bit's story can be read at http://preciousfeathers.googlepages.com/paintedconure

down at the bottom.

Here is a picture we took for the Saluki Club of Canada Specialty Catalogue. Jewel and Paris the Rockstars....John and I are their Roadies!!! he he he

Me and the girls...with our feathers blowing in the wind!!

"Little Lukis, Little Lukis can I come in?"....... "Not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin!!!!" ha ha ha

This is Dior our male blue pineapple green cheek.

Three cinnamon green cheek conures, aren't they cute???

All the birds that I raise are socialized with many kids that I have at the Daycare. Kids are like bird magnets here!!! ha ha ha

What fun for both the birds and the kids!!!

Mitchell having fun with the Pearly and Sun Conures.

Here are our two canary babies....one is a light brown and the other is darker with white patches on belly, head, tail and flight feathers. They are really cute! I don't know if they are male or female yet!

I like how the top half of his beak is dark and the bottom is light!!!

John and I on his 41st Birthday!

This is Bonsai...a green male parrotlet bred and hand raised at Precious Feathers. He now is loved by Victoria, and she is doing an incredible job training him! You won't believe how smart these little birds are!! You can see their videos on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2M-oVJOWmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QRNaCxfLI4&feature=user

We finally found Gucci a gorgeous girlfriend. Meet Miss Prada a beautiful yellowside girl!

My Dad, Ev and the gang jammin' at the trailer on Rice Lake. You can go to you tube to check them out!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79oKmj1-0g

Paris hanging out at the trailer.

Jewel and D chillin' at the trailer on the deck. D makes a great pillow for Jewel!! LOL

Paris went for a canoe ride with us. We didn't know how she would be so we put a kiddie life jacket on her. LOL She was a really good girl and she had a blast!!!

Paris turned a year old on July 1st, Canada Day! She sure is growing into a beautiful girl!!

Two baby Gold Cap males...I am so happy to finally raise some Gold Caps. These little guys will be used for future breeding.

I am harness training Greycie. I love being able to take her outside with me. She really doesn't like the harness but will tolerate it because she likes being outside.

Here are some of the wonderful kids I look after at my Daycare

from left: Zoe, Taylor, Kaitlyn and Landon

My nephew Landon being a ham!!!

A Painted Conure male to the left and my two Gold Cap male babes.

Here are 4 cinnamon green cheek babies that I am handfeeding for Susan and my yellow side and blue pinapple males, my first conure babies out of Levi and Chanel!!!! I named them Dior and Armani!! ha ha ha

My little blue pineapple male.....Dior..... is on the far right.

Pearly Conures that I handfed. They are so cute!!

Here we are outside our house ready to go to Paris!!! I could only post a few of our pictures from the trip on the blog. I hope you enjoy them! We had an awesome trip and would love to go again...someday!!!

We made it we are in Paris...YAY!!!!

Just around the corner from our hotel is the Moulin Rouge. Once a baudy cabaret theatre, today they still do the can-can but it is not as naughty!!

Caitlynn and I in the lobby of the Moulin Rouge, I think we need to brush up on our can can!! ha ha ha

We found The Great Canadian Pub in Paris!!! ha ha ha So of course we had to stop in and have some lunch!

Here we are in Pigalle once the sleazy red light district of Paris. There are lots of sex shops and shows still lining the streets today!!

While waiting to go up the tower of Notre-Dame it was raining. We got to see the gargoyles spitting water out of their mouths.

Just some of the magnificent gargoyles atop Notre-Dame.

While walking up the almost 400 stairs to the North Tower of Notre-Dame, we spotted a pigeon with babies in one of the windows. You can see the spikes they use to keep pigeons off. It didn't stop this Mommy. How tender she is caring for her babies!!

John and I in front of Notre-Dame.

The rear view of Notre-Dame with it's flying Buttresses, 50 ft.stone beams that stick out from the Church were the key to complex Gothic architecture.

The Inverted Pyramid under the Louvre in an area called the Carousel de Louvre where you can shop at several different stores and specialty shops. I did a lot of shopping here!!

The Louvre - You enter through the large glass pyramid. We took hundreds of pictures of paintings, sculptures, mummies etc. It was wonderful to see so many things you have only seen in books, internet or TV. I wish I could post more pictures!

Ahhh.....The Mona Lisa....need I say more??!!

The Venus de Milo (the goddess of love) from the Greek Island of Melos. She even has her own room in the Louvre!

We spent half a day at the Chateau de Versailles. We have never seen anything so glorious, formal and sumptuous. We also toured the formal gardens that seemed to go on forever with secret areas in the hedges with fabulous statues and fountains. I would love to post all the pictures from this magnificent palace but would run out of room for sure!!!

This was one of the most incredible ceilings I have ever seen. It took three years to complete. The marble throughout this palace was also very beautiful.

Hall of Mirrors

See the size of this urn? Wow!

Avenue des Champs Elysees is Paris's most famous street. This is a picture from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. There is fabulous shopping on it's grand boulevards! We had a lot of fun here shopping and taking many pictures of the wonderful sights and shops!

The Arc de Triomphe- commissioned by Napoleon to commemorate his armies victories.

Atop the Arc de Triomphe.

Under the Arc

One evening we took a dinner cruise along the Seine. It went from the base of the Eiffel Tower around the two islands past Notre-Dame and the Louvre and back around past the statue of Liberty and back to the tower. We sipped fine French wine and Kir, had Caviar and a fabulous dinner. There was live entertainment with a wonderful singer. We had the greatest time of our lives!

The mini statue of liberty. The Statue of Liberty in New York was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886.

Caitlynn and Jordan on the dinner cruise.

Yay.....You have no idea how awesome it is to see the Eiffel Tower in person. The first time I saw it I got goosebumps!!!! It is funny when we got into our hotel room we looked out the windows to see if we could see it, and we couldn't. Then I decided to stick my head out a little farther and voila! There it was!!!

The Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Square accross the River Seine.

How beautiful!!!

Livin' the dream baby....livin' the dream!!! :-)

Like my hat?! ha ha ha

It doesn't get any better than this...riding the carousel and looking at the Eiffel Tower!!!! YAHOO!!!

So much fun!!!

Jared, Jordan and Caitlynn at the top of the Eiffel Tower!

John and I at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Looking up through the tower.

Stopping to take a rest and enjoy the view on my walk down the stairs of the Eiffel Tower!

Here you can see the detail in the iron work as well as the elevator going up!

Looking way up the tower you can see all the lights!

The Eiffel Tower sparkling at night on the hour is a spectacular sight.

Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart) basilica Paris's highest point.

The Moulin de la Galette
is one of the only two remaining windmills that remain where there was once 30 of them.

The lapin Agile Caberet-This was a village hotspot where Picasso, Renoir, and others would gather. The poster above the door is of a rabbit leaping out of a pot balancing a bottle of wine.

Posing with a Fiat in the streets of Montmartre.

Carousel in Montmartre.

Jared and me in the hotel lobby...I just liked this picture of us. Bitter sweet as we were tired and had to go home but wish we could stay longer to see more of the city!

Drinking a Perrier (my favourite drink) in Paris!

Wish we could stay longer....here we are in front of the hotel. Heading to the airport for home!

Au revoir Paris...we will be back!!

Over the Atlantic

Leave it to John to ask for a picture of the cockpit!! ha ha ha

Ahhh...Ontario..Home Sweet Home!! I will be making up a scrap book of photos and memorabilia from our trip to Paris! We took over 1500 pictures!! So many more than what I could post on the blog!! I hope you have enjoyed what I did post! merci!

This is Soleil a pied Sun Conure...if you look in earlier posts when we first got her she has a lot of green through her back. She is going through a molt right now and is losing all the green and some of the blue. You can see the new tail feather has come in completely yellow! She is a total beauty!!

Miss Soleil from the side..her beak is getting darker as well. I can't wait until she gets her full adult colouring!

YAY.....our first conure eggs at Precious Feathers Aviary. Parents are Levi and Chanel.

Mommy canary keeping her babies safe and warm!

Baby canaries in the nest....not the greatest picture. It is hard to get the camera in there!!!

What a fluke picture.....I just love it!! Our Sun Conure Pekabu flew onto the camera just as I was taking a picture. You can see his tail hanging in the way. It looks as if Magic moved so that she could still be in the shot. What a little clown she is!

The putting board is all finished and ready to be hit with golf balls!!

This is a flyer that Jared made up for me for my art work.

Magic stopping to pose for me!

Another shot of beautiful Magic.

Casey is a ten year old Gold Cap male that we hope will take to one of the Gold Cap ladies at the Zoo.

Casey loves to hide under blankets...he is a funny boy!!

Pekabu is a male sun conure. He is new to the zoo and will be a future breeder! What a cutie!!

Magic and Pekabu

Pekabu and Lily...Pekabu was a wonderful finishing touch for lily's pirate costume!! Aren't they cute??

Greycie having fun swinging on her bell.

Greycie strikes a pose or she may be dancing a jig...not sure!!! ha ha ha

April 30th 2008 was my Son Jared's 15th Birthday. We went to Montana's where my oldest Son Jordan and his girlfriend Caitlynn work. Jared was so afraid that we were going to bring out the bull horns for him to wear! LOL Well we went easy on him and just sang to him, no horns!!

Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday to you

Make a good wish.....I hope all your wishes come true Jared! You are a special young man! Love you lots!!!

Miss Magic...the coolest bird EVER!

Three sweet Pearly Conure babies.

Today is Princess Jewel's 6th Birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

We LOVE you so much Jewel...you are a very special girl!!! xoxo

Paris found that the living room ottoman is a great bed.....fit for a little Princess!!

Molly eating her almonds...her very favourite!!!

I went to a bird auction and I came home with a pair of Fife Canaries. I love the sounds they make and they are neat to watch! They have already laid two eggs!!!! This is the male blue/white varigated. He is a pretty boy!

Here is the female sitting on her eggs. She is a blue colour. This is a first for me...taking the eggs out and putting fake ones in. I hope at least one baby hatches out!!!

The Cinnamon green cheeks are all grown up and ready to go to their new homes. One little male named Spice will be staying with us for breeding!