Tag Archives: birds

You get to meet Mollie… while she is meeting cute animals… part 3…

Yes, now that Mollie, my younger daughter, is 18, my wife has given permission for her to appear on the blog in actual picture form. And that is why you get to see these pictures of her, holding an owl. … Continue reading

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Caged eagles, an ironically timely metaphor…

Okay, I feel bad for using these majestic creatures as another slam at what tRump is doing to out country… but still… But we did get to see them close up on the adventure we went on for my daughter’s … Continue reading

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Babysitting… now with extra babies… part 3…

Okay, I know I am posting a lot right now. I am going through all my old blog posts. I am doing this because I am in charge of finding good pictures of Jessica and Jason for their wedding which … Continue reading

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Babysitting… now with extra babies… part 1…

Today was my last day babysitting little miss Olivia for a while, so I took her down to La Jolla cove… and we saw hundreds of baby seals… learning how to swim, and getting a quick meal from mom. Olivia … Continue reading

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A bunch of birds… and an apology…

I really do apologize for all the pictures of animals I have been doing lately. The thing is… (and I really love this thing)… that I babysit Olivia, the daughter of some friends of ours, two or three times a … Continue reading

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 4…

Birds… The San Diego zoo has quite a lot of them. There are two huge walk-through aviaries, and numerous ponds and enclosures. And birds are pretty awesome… descendants of ancient reptiles that traded in their scales for feathers. And those … Continue reading

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 2…

Whenever I go to the zoo, I take a bunch of pictures, and then have to figure out what order to post them in. I try to save the most exciting animals for last… which, I guess, means that I … Continue reading

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The ZOOm chronicles… part 1…

Guess where I took Olivia today? What? No… I didn’t feed her to a freekin’ snow leopard… what is wrong with you? Would I do that to this kid? No, I would not. I did, however, take her to the … Continue reading

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Some ducks…

I was at a park this evening for a… non-duck-related reason, and I took these pictures. That guy walked right up to me and nuzzled my knee when I crouched down. So yeah… some ducks.  

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Saying goodbye to my mom… no… she isn’t dead… we just left her in the Bay Area…

There she is, that feisty ninety-something-year-old… playing our antique player piano… the cardiovascular workout of the early 1900’s… with one of the tikis I carved for her looking on, bedecked in its Christmas finery! We spent our last night in … Continue reading

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