Kansas 2013 Part 3

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Kansas 2013 Part 3

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It is the next day, 9/14/13. We drove to Wichita and visited the Sedgwick County Zoo.
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All kinds of things to see.
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Flamingo City.
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Family affair.
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Feed me!
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Well-fed duck.
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I’ll grab any chance for flowers. This is a small section of the original image.
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Will we see any real penguins?
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Yes! Nice digs.
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You may recall that we entered the penguin exhibit.
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Hmm. Where’d I put that couch?
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It was difficult to photograph these guys under water. They were fast. But I tried.
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We could get sort of close.
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Yay! More flowers!
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I wonder what this will look like when it blooms.
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I like the lighting in this one.
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Wall mural.
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Nice fish. Almost like a gold bar.
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I’m glad these things don’t get really big.
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Ditto with this one. He’s pretty, though.
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So’s this one. I prefer that these guys be asleep.
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We are in a section of the zoo that many people would not appreciate. But frogs can be cute.
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So can whatever this is.
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"I’m getting a little tired of salads all the time."
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"Wake me when dinner’s ready."
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"I’m so pretty."
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"No, I was not designed by a Hollywood prop artist."
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"Okay. You go your way, I’ll go mine."
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"It will take us two days to get over to that dish."
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Nice diversion.
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Yuk.
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Ever see a spider wearing blue velvet pants?
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"What? Me worry?"
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We saw this guy last time, but he demands more attention.
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Dalmatian sting ray. (Just kidding.)
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Reminds me of Jack in the Pulpit.
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“We associate only with birds of nobility."
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“Where’s my nose?”
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“Why do we raise one foot? Because if we raised the other foot, we’d fall down."
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Have you ever seen bats trying to eat? (Or maybe drink.)
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Have you ever seen a bat’s tongue?
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Doesn’t he have a pretty coat?
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This one isn’t particularly pretty, but he was always underfoot. I just now noticed that he has a seed in his beak.
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Not a terribly good picture, but it’s the only one I have of these guys.
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More my speed.
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Canada geese show up at zoos on their own. And just about every other place, too.
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It’s almost like a dream, where parts are not real.
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These flowers look like a cross between candy and a carnival ride.
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Little show-offs.
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You probably cannot tell, but this not-so-great picture took a long time to create.
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Just a rose, or two.
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Spent some time on this one, too, but the results aren’t too bad.
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It’s all real. Just crinkled around the edges a bit.
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Nice arrangement of green, gold and purple.
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The bear has grabbed my son’s foot. My husband doesn’t care.
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Aww.
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“Look at us!"
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Looks like a flower pretending to be a butterfly.
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These are brighter than most asters I’ve seen.
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These daisies cannot figure out which way to go.
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“This is our fence."
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Come blow your horn.
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The background was busy and not useful, so I deleted it. The fog was a happy mistake.
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Symbol of strength and freedom.
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Ducks and fish fighting for the same morsels.
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Nice waterway at the zoo.
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Reaching for the sky.
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Grass and fences. Two of my favorite subjects.
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A standout.
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A field of flowers at a zoo isn’t a bad thing.
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Dreamy flowers and grass among the trees.
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My son is visiting some cranes in the bird section of the zoo.
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Getting ready to take off, I guess.
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Everybody needs some sun.
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Probably a type of goose.
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“So, I need jewelry on both legs?"
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The red flowers were featured, but the blue ones snuck in. I like them better.
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“Look at me! Look at me! I’m beautiful!"
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This is my second attempt with this picture. I like the subjects and their obvious bond, but I had to rotate the image 18º
counterclockwise to get it “straight.” The resulting treatment is only a notch better than my first attempt.
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Looks good enough to eat. I’m sure some of our six-legged friends would agree.
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Reaching for the sky.
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