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Elizabeth Stevenson
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Hi! I enjoy hiking, birding, reading, and playing video games. I live with my three cockatiels and husband in Maryland.
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I rearranged some toys in the bird room today, and they are pleased.

#cockatiel #ParrotSky
Three cockatiels in the picture, two male normal greys and one male pied. There are several large toys, one is white and spherical and one is a flat circle made of thin wooden strips.
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I finished The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell last night. I'm really enjoying his Marinus trilogy, and I immediately borrowed Slade House from the library so I can continue the journey. The characters are so rich, and Mitchell is a really talented writer. I cried at the bittersweet ending.

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The cover of The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. It is a blue sky with swirling clock faces layered on top. In the enter is a golden apple.
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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A little puffed and cozy on a cloudy, calm Sunday morning

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A male normal grey cockatiel perched on the rounded top of his cage, with a blue plaid blanket behind him.
September 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. It was my first time reading Mitchell and I loved it so much I immediately borrowed The Bone Clocks from my library. Dr. Marinus was definitely my favorite character.

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The cover of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. The cover shows a green mountain in the background and yellow rolling plains and a red bay, moving to the foreground where some people walk on a grey path.
September 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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We went to a car meetup this morning, which was very fun and we met some nice guys. And now I am inside enjoying the AC and hanging out with my little rat men.

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One little rat man sitting on his cage door. He is a male pied cockatiel, he has a very nice yellow crest, and he's almost asleep in this picture.
June 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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The absolute deafening sounds of my birds this morning eating like they hadn't eaten in days.

They are very cute!

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A male normal grey cockatiel perched inside his cage on a food dish. There is a pellet in his beak that he is crunching. A male normal grey cockatiel perched on his stainless steel food dish inside his cage. He is eyeing me as I take pictures of him. A male pied cockatiel with a very nice yellow crest is perched on his stainless steel food dish having a breakfast of Harrison's pellets. A male pied cockatiel is dipping his head into his stainless steel food dish to get another beakful of food.
June 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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I read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. It's largely set in the 80s Chicago gay community as it is decimated by the AIDS crisis. It is devastating and beautifully written.

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The book cover of The Great Believers, which has yellow, orange, and pink lines with the title and author in black text.
June 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I read The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. I was not prepared for the gut-punch that was Part III. Loved the book.

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The cover of the book The Safekeep. The cover features two green pears.
June 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Ooooh big stretch

#cockatiel
A male normal grey cockatiel standing on the door of his cage, which is grey metal, standing on his right foot and stretching his left wing
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I love his teeny little crest. He's molting right now so it's extra teeny
Male normal grey cockatiel perched on a knee (the knee is wearing black sweatpants).
June 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Good morning

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A male normal grey cockatiel on a colorful rope perch. There are other rope perches behind him.
June 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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We have 5 baby mantises at our house! It's great to see the little ones. I hope they stay nearby and eat lots of bugs.
A little teeny tiny praying mantis on a beige background, the mantis is a brown color
June 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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I went on a tour of the National Cathedral over the weekend. I enjoyed the views over DC from the bell tower, and all the beautiful stained glass. Our tour guide was amazing, and she shared so many special little details.
A view of the Churchill window from a ledge we walked over. This isn't an obvious window if you're just walking around the main level. I love the vibrant blue of the window, with the golden scrollwork. A view over DC, the air is hazy but the trees are vibrant green. The Washington Monument can be seen clearly in the background. The front of the National Cathedral, built in the neo-gothic style. The building was completed in 1990 is made using 150,000 tons of Indiana limestone.
June 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I went to the Outer Banks with some friends last week, and one of the highlights was the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo. Here are some camellia that were blooming all over the place
A camellia with a dark pink outer bloom and a light pink center. To me the camellia looks a lot like a rose! Several dark pink camellia with dark pink stripes on a lighter pink edge A light pink camellia with medium pink tips on the outer petals
April 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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I just finished reading Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. It was a really interesting read, and explains a lot about how the world has gotten into the mess of horrible misinformation and terrible politics we now find ourselves.

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The cover of the book Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. It features a shark fin in a blue pool of water. Those who have read the book will immediately understand the imagery (no spoilers here).
April 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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"And feel it now, so soft, so eternal, this wind against your good and living skin."

I just finished The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff, which is so beautifully written. She writes historical fiction in a way no one else can.

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The cover of The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff. The letters are a bold mustard yellow and there is a beautiful tree with a leaf covered branch on the right side.
January 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Big puff, big stretch, big scream

#cockatiel
A male normal grey cockatiel in the foreground and another male normal grey cockatiel in the background. The bird in the foreground is puffed up and perched on his cage door. A male normal grey cockatiel in the foreground is standing on his cage door and stretching. A male normal grey cockatiel in the background is screaming at the sunshine. Two very cute male normal grey cockatiels. They look like peaceful little angels. The sun is shining, there are colorful toys and perches looped around. (They are not peaceful little angels, they are actually being very loud currently.)
January 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Bibby is also 14, and I love the light in this picture of him. You can see his iris which is not black but actually dark brown. Bibby doesn't stand still for pictures very often, he's usually off trying to destroy something. I love how full his sweet, yellow crest is.

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A pied cockatiel is standing on a rainbow colorful wooden ladder. There is another rainbow colorful wooden ladder behind him leading up to a bird play area.
January 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I can't believe this little guy is 14. He still looks like a little baby with his short crest and his soft grey coloring (his mom was a lutino cockatiel so I think it's made him lighter)

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A male normal grey cockatiel perched on the door of his cage. There are some colorful toys in the background, sunlight coming in through the window behind him, and a couple more cockatiels can just barely be seen in the cage.
January 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I just finished reading The Six by Loren Grush, which I wouldn't have picked on my own because I don't usually choose non-fiction. I read it for book club, and it was so engaging. The writing is straightforward, captivating, and so well-researched.

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A cover of the novel The Six: The Extraordinary Story of the Grit and Daring of America's First Women Astronauts. The cover features all six astronauts wearing flight suits, and they are standing in front of a view of the Earth from space.
January 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Romie got a bit of a bath today; the other two didn't want one and I usually don't push them. Now Romie is sleeping in the sunshine while I clean their cage.

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A male normal grey cockatiel with very large orange cheek patches has damp feathers. He is sitting on a colorful coiled rope perch.
January 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Coco bird
A male normal grey cockatiel standing on the door of his cage. There is sunlight through a window behind him, and some colorful toys and perches.
January 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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They are afraid of their new Christmas present

(I keep it in sight but away from them for a few days until they acclimate.)
3 cockatiels standing on a shelf, there is a small woven basket with toys behind them, a coiled rope perch, and a hanging seagrass mat. It is evening and a light is shining behind them.
December 25, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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A sunset over some rooftops and trees: the clouds are an orangey pink
December 7, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Biiiiiiiig stretch

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A male normal grey cockatiel is standing on a colorful rope perch. He is stretching his right wing. Behind him is another male normal grey cockatiel and not a bunch of colorful toys. A male pied cockatiel is also in there somewhere.
December 1, 2024 at 8:26 PM