The Bathing Pelicans

I needed to get out and really wanted to take some pics today so I decided to go to the zoo. When I got over to where the pelicans were it was a real treat for me to see one of them playing in the water. I thought it would be one of those incidents where you'd better snap it quickly because it might not do it again, but it was doing some serious bathing around the waterfall.



I had a field day trying to get just the right shot. So there are going to be several shots out of the many I took. I just had too many favorites to keep this short.


After they got through bathing they got out and began to go through this preening ritual and wing flapping to dry off that afforded me the opportunity to take some really great shots. At least I think they're great.





I wish I could share them all but I'm not even going to tell you how many pelican shots I've added to my library. LOL!

Sky Watch Friday #12

These were taken in February of this year during a period when we got a lot of rain here in Southern California. I'm tired of this heat and I'm hoping we'll get more of that much needed rain.




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One Hump Or Two?

I've been reorganizing my thousands of photographs and there are so many I've never posted. I came across these and they made me smile so I thought I'd share them. I hope they're not repeats because I didn't go back to check.


In case you didn't know, he dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian camel has two humps.


I took these pictures on one of my trips to the Los Angeles Zoo.

I've Been Blocked

The picture below is pretty much how I feel about right now. There was someone whose blogs I really enjoyed and followed on the dashboard. Of late I haven't been able to view any of the blogs. I kept getting a blogger error page saying the blogs had been removed but I would see this person comment on other blogs and their new posts kept popping up under "Follow" on my dashboard. It took me a minute to realize that this person must have blocked me. I thought, "Wow". I've never left any comments that were negative, but here I am - blocked. I know I shouldn't let it bother me but I have to admit that it does. It makes me think that maybe I should just view and not leave any comments. Maybe I should keep my comments to a minimum. Maybe I should remove my picture from my profile and make this impersonal. I'll get over it but I sit here wondering what did to make this person block me? My apologies to anyone if I've ever offended, said too much or did anything that even made you consider blocking me from even viewing your blog. It may take me a while to feel comfortable leaving comments again.