Alas, I can not hop the pond any time soon, so followed up another link and found an online goldmine (pun intended.) Princeton University has a site for Christian Art, and there is a page dedicated to Opus Anglicanum - The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery. Apparently Evelyn had a penchant for art history slides too and had amassed over 1,000 images focusing on English Medieval Embroidery. (Dude -- only 1,000? Ha!) She donated them to Princeton to be scanned and here they are. Some are black and white (boo) but many are in full sumptuous color. OMG. I mean, Look at this:
Hapi sits on the perch to my left and investigates his feathers in new places. Not pulling them, but he seems really interested in his lower belly and back today. He has mercifully left two budding feathers on his neck alone for two days. Is it the new food? The aloe spray? I don't know. Day by day. Per recommendation of the Harrison's website I am cutting back on the human food I give him and am giving him the Harrison's High Potency Coarse pellets. And mixed a tiny bit of red palm oil in with his veggies and rice last night. He doesn't like it on toast, which is fine, as he shouldn't be getting toast anyway. Will make a simple barley and veggie mix this morning for them and hope for the best. It is hard to see this beautiful animal go through the stress - whatever the cause might be -- and not know what to do to make it better, and to not know if what I am trying makes a difference. Ah, parronting.
Off to clean the Quaker's cage and get the day rolling. Cheers!