Flamingos

I think Flamingos are really cool.  Especially because it is actually correct to spell the plural as Flamingos, Flamingoes, or Flamingo.  Really, I looked it up.

I love love love this print from Jan Beckman’s 20×200.

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You can click here to check it out:  Flamingo No. 4 by Sharon Montrose. If I had a kid’s room to decorate, I would definitely buy this one.  She has several other prints that I love with monkeys and donkeys and all kinds of adorable animals.  Each and all would look sweet in a child’s room.

It sort of inspired the flamingo “art” I made for our powder room.

Powder Room Reno

Here’s the photograph I started with:

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And here’s a whole bunch of flamingos at the Homosassa Wildlife Park looking hoity-toity with their beaks up in the air.

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One last picture of flamingos.  Saw these one afternoon across the canal.  Since I knew that flamingos do not naturally live this far north, I sent out the picture to several friends.  One correctly identified the species as “Plasticus Flamingus”.  Giggle.

Flamingos

 

 

Scalloping

County Boat Ramp in Old Homosassa
Public boat ramp in Old Homosassa on the second Saturday of scalloping season. Fortunately, we don’t have to wait in that craziness since our boat is on a lift in our back yard.
On our way
And we are on our way!
Crystal River Power Plant
Our very own nuclear power plant!
Scalloping expert number 1
Scalloping expert number 1
Scalloping expert number 2
Scalloping expert number 2
The catch
This was the catch on Saturday. While 8 gallons is the legal limit for 4 people, Cap’n Terry stayed with the boat for safety reasons and I’m a swimming wimp. The waves were too big for me and all I got in my scalloping endeavours were several mouthfuls of salty water. Waah! So the scalloping was left to the two experts who were exhausted after four hours of diving and swimming to the boat with their booty.
Cleaning crew
Scallops now have to be cleaned.

Scallop Plate of scallops

The chef
Chief scalloper and chef
Cooked scallops
Cooking scallops with a slice of bacon
gone
Gone!