Hmmm, is it Saturday already? I guess time really does fly when you're having fun! Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few days, but I felt somewhat compelled to take a short break from my blog to enjoy the holiday with Pebbles. Besides, blogging, like weight-lifting, tends to be more rewarding if you take a few days off to rest every now and then. Hope you guys didn't miss me too much though, though judging from my comment box, Dr. D. either misses my writing or must be really bored! I suspect the latter still.
Anyhow, Thanksgiving came and went and I am proud to report that our turkey was quite successful. Yep, it took us just a little bit over 3.5 hours to cook a nice little 10 lb butterball turkey (Oh Lord, Pebbles and I are going to be eating turkey from now until her graduation in May!!). Didn't really feel like entertaining, so we decided to have a quiet dinner by ourselves. I have pictures of our food, but I cyaan bodda find the USB cable to connect the camera, so unnu get lef. I'll probably post those tomorrow.
Anyhow, as I had said in my previous post, we went to Columbus to visit a friend of ours and had a great time. The highlight of the trip was a visit to the Columus Zoo, where I got some really nice pictures to share with you all. Note that you can see larger views of the photos by clicking on the image, but slow bandwith users beware: these pictures are HUGE!
First, we came across a little pond with some ducks and swans, but there was this one swan that stood out above all others. She was so elegant and so tame, came swimming right up to the camera with a big grin on her face. Reminds me of the story of the ugly duckling.
Next, we came up to the Giraffe and Zebra display. Who knew that Giraffes and Zebra could be such good friends? I guess it makes sense that they can co-habit considering that they are both herbivores. Wow, Giraffes are such tall, goofy looking creatures, yet they are so agile...hmmm, reminds me of a girl I used to date!
Somewhere along the line we came across a huge African Lion and his Lioness. Amazing creatures to be sure! We showed up just in time to see a bit of Feline Porn, though I must say that he was in and out within 30 seconds...so much for the King of the Jungle accolades!
Next we came to the White Tiger's den. The animal was definately all about putting on a show that day and believe me, he wasn't shy by any stretch of the imagination. He'd come right up to the glass enclosure and push his head against the glass (see picture in previous blog). Lovely animal to be sure, but I feel bad for him being trapped in a zoo display for the rest of his life. I know that the fire inside him will soon die and he'll become dejected and lose the will to be active. Such is the life of zoo creatures.
Saw a cute pair of Giant Geckos. They looked like really large croaking lizards. Somehow I don't think Dr. D. or several of the other Jamaican bloggers would like to see croaking lizards of these proportions hanging around in their backyards!
Right next to the Giant Geckos was a Chameleon, just sitting in and blending in with his environment. Somehow I took to calling him Boy George, go figure. Really cool looking creature still, but I doubt if I'd like to have him sitting around in my backyard!
Saw lots and lots and lots of snakes. I have to say that my skin crawls when I see these creatures, though I feel better about them now, since a zookeeper actually allowed us to touch a small Mexican snake (relax, it's not poisonous and I did wash my hands after), though I'm still not going into the snake-charming business anytime soon.
The snake pictured above is a Python from somewhere in South America. Very scary and extremely lethal.
This is another form of Python, a huge monster of a snake. The scariest part was actually seeing this thing breathe!
Finally, the snakes pictured here are a set of rattlesnakes. I just thought it was really cute that they would cuddle together like a happy little couple (hmmm, sorta reminds me of me and Pebbles in some sort of strange way).
Well, that's it for the zoo! I hope you enjoy seeing these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them. Anyhow, it getting sort of late and I have a dinner appointment at the home of a fellow professor (gonna eat us some Indian food) and I still need to do the 3 S's (S#!+, Shower, Shave) before we hit the road.
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Anyhow, Thanksgiving came and went and I am proud to report that our turkey was quite successful. Yep, it took us just a little bit over 3.5 hours to cook a nice little 10 lb butterball turkey (Oh Lord, Pebbles and I are going to be eating turkey from now until her graduation in May!!). Didn't really feel like entertaining, so we decided to have a quiet dinner by ourselves. I have pictures of our food, but I cyaan bodda find the USB cable to connect the camera, so unnu get lef. I'll probably post those tomorrow.
Anyhow, as I had said in my previous post, we went to Columbus to visit a friend of ours and had a great time. The highlight of the trip was a visit to the Columus Zoo, where I got some really nice pictures to share with you all. Note that you can see larger views of the photos by clicking on the image, but slow bandwith users beware: these pictures are HUGE!
First, we came across a little pond with some ducks and swans, but there was this one swan that stood out above all others. She was so elegant and so tame, came swimming right up to the camera with a big grin on her face. Reminds me of the story of the ugly duckling.
Next, we came up to the Giraffe and Zebra display. Who knew that Giraffes and Zebra could be such good friends? I guess it makes sense that they can co-habit considering that they are both herbivores. Wow, Giraffes are such tall, goofy looking creatures, yet they are so agile...hmmm, reminds me of a girl I used to date!
Somewhere along the line we came across a huge African Lion and his Lioness. Amazing creatures to be sure! We showed up just in time to see a bit of Feline Porn, though I must say that he was in and out within 30 seconds...so much for the King of the Jungle accolades!
Next we came to the White Tiger's den. The animal was definately all about putting on a show that day and believe me, he wasn't shy by any stretch of the imagination. He'd come right up to the glass enclosure and push his head against the glass (see picture in previous blog). Lovely animal to be sure, but I feel bad for him being trapped in a zoo display for the rest of his life. I know that the fire inside him will soon die and he'll become dejected and lose the will to be active. Such is the life of zoo creatures.
Saw a cute pair of Giant Geckos. They looked like really large croaking lizards. Somehow I don't think Dr. D. or several of the other Jamaican bloggers would like to see croaking lizards of these proportions hanging around in their backyards!
Right next to the Giant Geckos was a Chameleon, just sitting in and blending in with his environment. Somehow I took to calling him Boy George, go figure. Really cool looking creature still, but I doubt if I'd like to have him sitting around in my backyard!
Saw lots and lots and lots of snakes. I have to say that my skin crawls when I see these creatures, though I feel better about them now, since a zookeeper actually allowed us to touch a small Mexican snake (relax, it's not poisonous and I did wash my hands after), though I'm still not going into the snake-charming business anytime soon.
The snake pictured above is a Python from somewhere in South America. Very scary and extremely lethal.
This is another form of Python, a huge monster of a snake. The scariest part was actually seeing this thing breathe!
Finally, the snakes pictured here are a set of rattlesnakes. I just thought it was really cute that they would cuddle together like a happy little couple (hmmm, sorta reminds me of me and Pebbles in some sort of strange way).
Well, that's it for the zoo! I hope you enjoy seeing these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them. Anyhow, it getting sort of late and I have a dinner appointment at the home of a fellow professor (gonna eat us some Indian food) and I still need to do the 3 S's (S#!+, Shower, Shave) before we hit the road.
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Comments
:-) (I think the latter.)
So, onoo cook a whola ten pound turkey fe de two o you? Bwoy, I think I woulda jus hold a roaster chicken. Anyway, I glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Interesting pics. Can't mek out the giant croakers...pic too dark. And like you, me nuh love nutten name snake.
Enjoy the Indian dinner...careful tho...if whole heap o curry deh pon de menu you may be doing nuff of one o the three S's and me naw chat shave or shower! :-0 Dr. D.
Maggie, I definately agree with you about the zoo. To be honest, we felt really bad seeing many of these noble creatures confined to these cages when they'd much rather be running across the savage and beautiful savannahs. But, in a way as Pebbles says, it is a horrible thing to see these animals locked up, but what other chance would most of us have at seeing them in our lifetimes?
I must commend the zoo though, they have several programs to aid in the prevention of the extinction of many species, such as the Mexican Wolf. They are part of a program where they actually breed the animals and release them into the wild after several months, which has helped to prevent the extinction of these endangered creatures.
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Now as to the Lion. How you expect the fella ta perform when you watchin him an tekkin pitures. You feel he is a porn star? how you wud like it if big man show up at you door uninvited while you doing ya thing an start tekkin snapshots.
and why ya say the snakes remind you of yaself and pebbles. I hope the wuman doan read it an feel ya callin she snake or ya in bare truble :-)
Mad Bull
I'm glad you had a wonderful break :) Not much longer 'til Christmas..feliz navidad! What're your plans? I can't wait for everyone to return from the US..can't u be one of them? I've missed your posts and miss seeing you online! MSN soon! Hello to Pebbles ;)