Today's a bit of a sad day. Woodrow's budgie Orlando died this morning. She was not a young budgie, and we knew this day was coming. Still, it's a hard thing to say goodbye. She was the smartest bird in the house, and we told her so repeatedly.

The layout to the left was published in a book of how-to-scrapbook-with-a-sketch layouts. If it hadn't been for assignments, I guess I wouldn't have a scrapbook page to remember Orlando by. Awfully nice of the bird to be the perfect shade of pale yellow, wasn't it?

Sniffling. It's a quieter house today.