The Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Every year we take the kids to the Sarasota Jungle Gardens which has a collection of palms, a bit of American folk art in the form of a religious display and animals. The flamingos roam freely. After reading and re-reading a story about Franny, the Dancing Flamingo James was very excited to see them again and flung his arms around the neck of the first flamingo he saw, cheerfully greeting the long-lost Franny. He was pecked on his head for his trouble but decided that maybe he would try feeding these pink birds anyway.
Click on the thumbnails to see the full image. Also, comment if you can see this. I’m troubleshooting.
Parrots and Grammy
Looking at the Parrots
Looking at the Parrots
Walking with Grandma
Flamingo!
Baba Helps with the Flamingo Feeding
Feeding Flamingos
Feeding the Birds
More Flamingos
Baba Helps Again
Grandma, Fiona and Grammy
Feeding the Koi Outside the Snack Shop
Daddy, James, Fiona and Grandma Feed the Koi
The Requisite Head in a Frame Shot
Looking at the Tortoises
Still Looking at the Tortoises
Everyone Likes Tortoises
Tired of the Tortoises
Stumble it!
and the 529 college savings accounts get a kickback.
March 29th, 2009 21:47
I can see the pictures, both thumbnails and large.
Also, I no longer need to log in to see your posts. I wanted to comment to make sure that was intended functionality.
Also, I grew up in Sarasota! Small world! I always dreamed of taking my kids to Siesta one day as it is my favorite beach. I finally got a chance to take them there in November and it was as sweet as I dreamed it would be.
March 30th, 2009 09:23
aww…i’m from sarasota
March 30th, 2009 10:50
I see this! all of a sudden, you showed up with 14 posts in my google reader. does that mean you took off the password?
March 30th, 2009 12:46
Yes – the password was, for some mysterious reason, making any secondary page inaccessible to anyone, logged in or not.
March 30th, 2009 14:13
I love looking at the pictures of the kids.
HUGS to all,
Aj/UB
April 1st, 2009 23:20
Images came through and are lovely!