Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The Christmas Turtle

Introducing
"Obi"

Making his blog debut!!
Obi was a present to Alex from Santa...and he's such a cutie!!

Introducing-Obi!

This was the smallest Santa hat we could find. LOL
He's a Christmas Turtle

Obi in his hand

Obi Portrait

Obi eating

What is that on my tank? Hmm...can I eat it?
What is that?

And of course, I have to include one of the kiddo...a silly one of course :-)
He came in from the other room saying
"My daddy shot me with a dart gun" in the silliest voice...haha...Daddy hadn't shot him, he'd licked the darts and stuck them to his forehead!
My Daddy shot me with the dart gun....

More Zoo Photos

I told you that I had more!! :-)

As mentioned before, We took my neice E to the zoo with us....she just turned 12 this week...can you tell?
My neice

Such a beautiful girl
E at the zoo

This Zebra was just hanging out
Zebra

Spoonbill...they're just so cool!!
Spoonbill

And the kids got to feed the Giraffes...this is my favorite photo...hahaha!
I think had Duke actually licked Alex, both of their expressions would be quite different! LOL
Bwhahahaha!

Ok, more photos of the giraffes...better photos than the one above :-) LOL
Momma giraffe & Duke

Momma Giraffe eating

This is Duke. He's the Daddy giraffe to the little guy born a year or so ago...
Duke eating

Duke's eye

Duke

A resting giraffe
Resting Giraffe

And as promised, better photos of the kids feeding Duke
E & A Feeding giraffes 1

E & A Feeding giraffes 3

E feeding a giraffe


Some other gorgeous animals we encountered
Cheetah

Pair of Vultures

I rarely get to see these wolves when we're at the zoo...they're always sleeping in the shadows.
Today, they were out enjoying the sunshine, and I was able to get this shot...I got others of the laying down wolf alone, but I love the bit of interaction here.
On a side note, I think the wolf laying down is blind. I got a shot of him/her looking at me, and both eyes are frosty and glassy looking. Makes me less sad that they're in the zoo.
Wolves

Eagles

Beautiful!

Lemurs
Lemur

Lemur Trio

Lemur

Reflected

Florida Panther

Flamingo

Some friends from the Reptile Houses
African Bull frog

Camoflauged Snake

Hidden Snake

Lizard

Green Snake

A couple more shots of the kids...
Alex & E on the Elephant Statue

On the Carousel

I thought this series of photos was just amazing!!
What do you think?

Time for a snack??
Time for a snack?

See the bee?
Hmmm...a bee?

Stop right there bee... (at the end of his beak on the inside top)
Stop right there...

Yummy!! (Bee is in the tip of his beak)
Yum!

Gulp...Yum....umm, uh, I mean, he went that way
Umm..he went that way...

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Family at the Ravines

I think the Ravine Gardens is one of my most favorite places to shoot.
Thank you M family for spending the afternoon with me!!

Cousins

Family

Cutie

Siblings

The Kids

Cousins

From above

Momma & her boy

Momma & her girl

I think this is my favorite shot of the day...and Momma probably doesn't even know I took it :-)
Family