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yeah!!!! I'm a bit bored with just my parents around and no friends. Plus I feel like I need to do something besides surf on my computer. :) So I joined a gym and hopefully will make it a habit. Its on the way home from work and literally in the neighborhood so I will go. I could probably walk there, but its a bit of a long walk. I go there today at 5 for an orientation. :)))

I have the day off and I am going to order a new cell phone and also go to a barbecue! I'll take more food pictures too. :)))

I have been importing albums from Flickr and that takes a while to do. Here are some of the more complete albums: Mosaics, Thanksgiving 2006, Screams: Waxahatchie, My birthday at the queen of sheba, The State Fair of Texas, On the Road,The Mcnay Art Museum, The Chicago and LA sets are done as well. I can add more to the LA photos as I still have pics I have loaded up yet. :)) Well, check em out if you want. I still have lots of photos to post. :)))

I volunteer at the Fort Worth Zoo taking care of a stingray named Bob. I take a lot of pictures at the zoo so there are a lot still on my computer that I haven't loaded either. I'm just watching Live Earth and uploading animal pictures. Yes its been a relaxing eco - morning. So enjoy your day off if you have one. ( I don't) and I hope you enjoy my animal shots.

Most of my Flickr friends know that I volunteer at the bait shack. Its at the Fort Worth Zoo and I take care of a stingray named Bob. Well, I used to only live 10 min from the zoo and it was a guaranteed every other weekend gig. It hasn't been turning out that way lately. Now I live an hour away and every time Ive driven there it has been pouring down rain. I hate to drive in those conditions but I do it anyway.

I hadn't been there in about three weeks and some things had changed. I had noticed that one of our red drums was missing. We had three of them and they are huge fish. We always babied them because they are so personable. We would feed them extra scraps of fish if there was any left over. Well, I was informed that one of our red drums got fed to the gharials the other week! They called it enrichment. The whole bait shack staff was a bit upset at this as it was a display animal that was used as food. Well, they are a commercially fished species but still, we loved them.

Another change was that the Great Barrier Reef exhibit was put under our charge and we will be working over there too with the blacktips! :))) I got to go over there today and take a peek in the huge tanks they have. I didn't have my camera with me as we were getting water for our other tanks, but I'll get some shots next time. It was really cool! This big Morey Eel came swimming up to the surface of the tank. I think it thought we were going to feed it. It would have been really cool to get a shot of that. Oh well.

Then about half way through the day a zoo visitor got my attention and said that a pelican had died and was floating in the lagoon right out side our door. Well we jumped up to see what had happened and yes there was a dead bird. But it wasn't a pelican. It was a baby Spoonbill. :(( With all the rain it probably was weakened and finally given up. I didn't see it but the other two zoo keepers I was with attended to it. Poor little bird. That was a bit sad too. Usually when things die at the bait shack its a hermit crab or a sea urchin. We are not used to larger animals dieing there. Well, that's life I suppose. I got two new shots of the sea horses though. :)

I've finished importing "I Belong In A Zoo" I actually have tons of photos I've taken that arent loaded up yet. So please take a look at the album and enjoy the animals. I will add to this album at a later date. :))

Next up, where I live.

I've just uploaded the compleate Baylor School of Dentistry album. Check it out. There are some reall jems in there. If your squeemish, it really isnt that bad. :)) There are no actuall procedural shots, just models of teeth.

I love to photograph bathrooms! I started with my own and moved on to public ones. If its an unsusual toilet, I snap it! There are a few others around that I know that are closet toilet shutterbugs so I'm not that weird! :D I'm still loading up toilets from posh to toilets in the air. :))

I'm trying to import my photos from Flickr and the Greasemonkey patch isn't working. I've made sure that its engaged and I do see it, but the little picture icons are not there and when I try it, I just get a big white frame. I'm having to upload each photo onto my comp and then onto Ipernity. It's a bit of a pain and a lot slower. I have to copy the Titles and tags which I just don't have time for. Is this application not working for others? Did I miss something? Any ideas on the subject?

I'm very slowly uploading my mall album. I've worked in all sorts of malls across the metroplex and they all have a theme that runs through them. I currently work at one of the oldest and most famous of these malls in Dallas, North Park Mall. It was featured in the movie "Dr. T and the Women". I never saw that movie, don't really want to either. They have a wonderful sculpture collection with works by Claes Oldenburg to Andy Warhol.

I once saw this documentary on the Mall of America in Minnesota. I could identify with it entirely. See it if you run across it. The mall is a life form that is all onto itself. everything you need is there, food, shelter, beds, cloths and entertainment. They even make zombie movies about them. When your a zombie where do you end up? At the mall!

Enjoy plastic, consumer, America. It's quite an interesting animal.

 

 

I just got back from a very long day at work and my husband just called. He has had an accident and has hurt his eye. He is going to the emergency room right now. I wont post anything tonight. Tomorrow I'll do that. I hope that he is all right and that his eye is not injured. I'm hoping for the best and that he isn't badly injured. Keeping my fingers crossed

It turned out to be a minor wound. Thank god! I suppose they looked at it and it looked worse than it really was. He is at home now resting. I think he will be fine. Thank you guys for your well wishes. I'll pass them on to him.

I've loaded up my Mr.Hammi Pants photos for my injured husband. We originally thought his injuries were superficial, well they aren't. It's been a roller coaster ride for Michael and since I am not with him, I get the news a bit later. He has to have a corneal transplant and a new lens. He will be out of commission for about a year while he heals. I hope these hamster pics cheer him up. He loves Mr. Hammi Pants and misses him terribly. I'll go see Mike tomorrow and I want to bring the hamster with me but that would just stress the little guy out. This is the next best thing. I hope you get to see them Mike. I'll see you tomorrow.

I just want to thank everyone for their kind thoughts and prayers directed at my husband. It's only the beginning of a very long road. Thanks again.

I'm jumping around now and importing The Grocery Store, mainly because I want to. :P I hope to be taking some new pics as soon as things with Mike settle down a bit. I love to take pictures in the Grocery Store mainly because I have to do it Ninja style. You can get kicked out for doing that at some places. I've only been stopped once though :))) It is one of the few places where taking a picture is a bit challenging. These pics were mainly taken in Arlington Texas, since I've moved I haven't really gotten a chance to go shopping since I don't really do it anymore. I will go out and explore soon though. My trigger finger is getting itchy!

OK, it's done! yes, I'm a geek, I've been reading it none stop since the postman brang it to me on Sat. That is why I haven't posted or done anything on line. I've been reading! :) If you haven't read it, well, I'm not giving anything away, but WOW! Also I have a slight head cold so I'm miserable as well. :( I'm going to sleep now.

I'm just sitting here with a cold and I'm watching my hams. The boy is actually chirping right now. It is the funniest high pitched squeak! He sounds like a squeaky toy! It is so cute I wish I could get it on film but it's one of those things that don't happen on comand. And I just thought it was my little girl that made noise! :)) Hamsters do have voices! I think he is trying to call to the other hamster. He has been doing this for 10 min. now. He chirpes then runs his wheel then chirps again. :)