LIFE'S A BEACH!

The question Lisa is "What did you say to him?"

This guy is keeping watch over us

No, not meercats. These are meercats.

I loved Meerkat Manor.  Did I cry when Flower died, and Mozart.  Sean Bean was hilarious as the narrator.  I didn't like the woman who narrated the last season though.  And the ads for the show, especially the one that had the song Bad Girls with clips of the female meerkats turning to look into the camera.

I love your pictures, Lisa. Birds are so beautiful, aren't they. Is that the aviary at the SD Zoo? Out here in the countryside outside of Nashville, there are turkey vultures and buzzards. Being from SoCal, I never saw them around, so I am always fascinated by them, and their impressive size. In the wintertime, when the trees are bare, you can see their huge nests. They are the clean up crew for roadkill, as there is a lot of wildlife here.

Last spring, when I had a little break from treatment, I took my son to the zoo. Every year, they have an Easter egg hunt, as well as an egg hunt for the animals. On the way there, I saw a small flock of buzzards (or vultures?) under a beautifully blooming tree. The juxtaposition of the end of life and the renewal of it reflected in the blooms caught my eye, and I pulled over to take some photos.

Later on at the zoo that day, I saw a meerkat's head stuck in an Easter egg. The zookeeper finally came and freed him, but it was sweet to see the other meerkats very concerned. They are so highly social. I loved Meerkat Manor. Who knew all that drama went on with these little guys?

The San Diego Zoo is spectacular. You are so lucky you live close by. The last time I went, my son was a toddler, and very wild. I had to keep him in his stroller, or he would run off. I was bummed out I didn't get to see the giant panda bears, because the line was too long, and he didn't understand the waiting part. I did watch the zoo cam on the internet though, and the birth of one of the pandas there.

this is for you faith, I know you like lions

Lisa, they sleep a lot because they are high on the eucalyptus toxins and the leaves they eat have very little nutrition ergo not a lot of energy produced.

A little bit of beach for all.

Poor Koalas, I wonder why they don't eat something else.  This was posted by a Dusty Bun on the Housekeeping thread.  These bunnies seem to have the right idea.

You're right-he looks fake!

What kind of duck is he?  We have a wildlife rehab place about 40 miles from here called Wildlife Images.  There is a pond there where ducks & geese come in and hang out.  I think I've seen those kind there, but not certain.

Crab boats.  Ahhh, tis the season.

Dungenes of course.