More from the zoo

It’s not like I only took the one photo….

The hippo was getting some lunch. Clearly the diet of greens is not working –

 

Hippo

 

 

The King was there looking like he owned the place –

 

Elvis

 

The flamingos were doing flamingo things, like taking a bath –

 

Flamingo bath

 

And then climbing out of the dryer looking perfect –

 

Fluff dried

 

 

Then there was this Red Crowned Crane. Just looked good in the lens –

 

Red Crowned Crane

 

And a duck that reminded me of my new motorcycle –

 

Tiger striped duck

 

 

And then, on my way out, this goat tells me that if he could just get his ears to flap fast enough, he was “gonna fly right on out of there….” I didn’t doubt him –

 

ear wings

 

 

Thanks again to Woodland Park Zoo for being a cool place to spend a couple hours with the camera after work.

 

 

 

 

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A bit overrated

Snuck out of work and headed off to the zoo to check out the new (to us) cheetahs –

 

Sleeping kitty

 

If I wanted to watch cats lie around, take an afternoon nap, and basically do nothing, I could have gone home. Worlds fastest gato? Lazy cats, nothing more. (Of course I say this from my side of the fence separating me and said lazy cats. I’m not insane.)

 

 

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Quacked up

Weather has been hot, went to the lake to see something cool –

 

Quacking up

 

She’s cool.

 

 

 

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They didn’t need the arrow

I was making a B line for it anyway –

 

Senor Yates

 

With an invite like that, how could I resist? Then I found out the sign was actually for my Mexican/New Zealand friend, Sénor Yãtes. Good thing he’s outta town, I drank his beer too.

 

 

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10,781feet

That’s how tall Mount Baker is. And this is what it looks like from 100 miles away on a cloudless day in the Pacific Northwest –

 

Baker

 

Not the greatest photo, but the best I can do with my measly skill set.

 

 

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Well,

You don’t see that every day –

 

Bir Bertha

 

That’s a rather slightly modified 747, pretty awesome sight. Looks like a fat guppy, no?

Fat Guppy

 

Then they get nuts –

 

Crack

 

And out pops a couple wings for the Dreamliner –

 

Wingage

 

They’ll glue ’em on across the street and away it goes to some happy customer in some far flung corner of the world.

This all happens right up the street. Pretty cool, huh?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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They were wrong

The weather guessers that is. Rained off and on all day,  sun never did show up. That’s okay, the grass and the garden are loving it –

 

Droplets

 

Dunno what this one is, but it’s cool, I like it. Bonus, no dandelion in the background!

Carry on.

 

 

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Yes, it did rain

Bit of a gully-washer this morning. Gave everything a solid rinse. Bit of a break now, with more later tonight and tomorrow morning. Flowerbed is loving it –

 

Water

 

 

I like how the droplets hang to the flowers.

And never mind the dandelion. Pretend it’s not even there. It may or may not get pulled. A lot depends on something or another. Not sure what. When I find that out, then we’ll have a conclusion as to the fate of the dandelion.

 

 

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Missed a bit

Sorry about the lapse, tough week. I’ll fill you in later.

Right now, it’s back to work for the bees out in the garden –

 

Working it

 

 

Better get after it Mr. Bee, before the rains hit tonight.
Good news/bad news about the rains; The firefighters are desperate for the cooler/wet weather. Problem is it comes with a chance of lightning and thunder. Hope they get the good bits and not the bad ones. Hats off to them for the effort they’re putting in.

 

 

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Blowing up

The flower garden that is. Starts like this –

 

 

 

 

From this

 

 

Does this –

 

To this

 

Kinda cool.

Maybe more tomorrow….

 

 

 

 

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