Wordless Outdoors Wednesday

 

 

 

 

Renner: Say, thanks for stopping by!!

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Feeling Sheepish – Face of the Week #18

This lovely, sheepish, face was from our visit at the Minnesota Zoo down in Apple Valley, Minnesota. This little guy was extremely engaging and  very content, as were all of the ones we met there.

 

“Hi there peoples! Hope you all will get up off your beds and participate in ‘Face of the Week’ this week! Looking forward to seeing all the wonderful Faces you have to share! Thank you everyone!

To share your "Face Of The Week" all you need to do is: 
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Broken Sky

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Renner: Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you can join us again.

Demonstration #689: Cooking With Goggles

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Corporate

Target is very big here in Minneapolis and this is their corporate offices where my youngest daughter works. The Twins are Minnesota’s baseball team and the Target Corporation has done a lot in sponsoring the new Twins Stadium, which is now called ‘Target Field’. You can see a fiberglass baseball player standing right outside the main entrance.

This photo from Baseball.com

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Underground

This last weekend found us deep underground in a cave. Crystal Cave in Wisconsin to be exact. Though not the largest or most spectacular cave I’ve been in, it was an interesting little walk. My Grandson wanted to see a cave, actually he wanted to see bats in a cave.

We didn’t see any bats as it is summer and the bats stay outside during the summer and don’t use this cave except for their hibernation in the winter. Also, when the bats are in residence they don’t allow tours of the cave to maintain the health of the bats that seek shelter there.

This is a photo of small stalactites, they looked a little like a dinosaur’s mouth and teeth to me. What do you think?

 These photos were taken in the ‘Wishing Room’. Where they allow people to see if they can get a coin to stick into the wall and make a wish.

Wonder what my little Grandson was wishing for while his Mom helped him place his coin. What do 3 year olds wish for? He is sometimes Batman, sometimes Spiderman, a knight or even one of Darth Vader’s Strom Troopers.  I’m betting he was wishing for a big lollypop…which he got from the little gift shop by the cave before we left.

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Renner & Scooter – Face of the Week #17

This is Renner!

Renner is one of my Retired Racing Greyhounds. His coloring is actually white with brindle ticking and he is 9 years old. Normally he doesn’t get to ride in the car while sticking his head out of the window. However, this is while we were the only car driving through the wild life refuge area and we were taking our time letting Scooter and Renner enjoy the sights out the windows.


This is Scooter!

Scooter is also a Retired Racing Greyhound  who is a 6 year old white and black boy. He is having problems with his right shoulder and we are supposed to keep his exercise minimal, so we drove though the refuge and kept the walks short and few in number. Renner and Scooter really seemed to enjoy getting to ride instead of walking. :)


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Friendly Reflections

 

Taken at the Minnesota Zoo.

“Anyone in there?”

(Grandson trying to see into a building through a door on a very sunny day.)

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Night Sky Over Itasca

  Itasca State Park, Minnesota

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Happy Birthday Lady Liberty (Revised)

Click here to see a timeline account of the history behind this glorious lady.

“On June 15, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived at Bedloe's Island inside 214 wooden packing crates. The beginning of her life on US soil.”

“Unveiling day, October 28, 1886, was declared a public holiday. The rainy, foggy day could not dampen the spirits of the more than 1 million people who lined New York's streets, draped with red, white and blue and French tricolor bunting, to watch a parade of more than 20,000 pass by. Wall Street was the only area of the city working on the day of Liberty's unveiling. The New York Times reported that as the parade passed by, the office boys "from a hundred windows began to unreel the spools of tape that record the fateful messages of the 'ticker.' In a moment the air was white with curling streamers." And so the famous New York ticker-tape parade was born.”

Information source: OhRanger.com

Flag Day

Photo: Flag over Minnesota’s Fort Snelling.

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A Flamboyance of Flamingos

 

As you can see by the first two photos I was being checked out pretty closely by some Flamingos while hanging out down in Florida. They looked to be a pretty healthy colony.

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Moooooooo – Face of the Week #16

To share your "Face Of The Week" all you need to do is: 
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Thank You For the Awards!

Thanks so much to Jingle for the following awards, hope you will check out her lovely blog site!

Friendship Award

Jingle’s Blogger Buddy Award

Life Is Good Award

Magic Moments in Life Award

Greatly appreciate these awards, they are beautiful! Thank you again!

A great week to all!!

Four Humps

Minnesota Zoo

This camel seemed to be enjoying himself cooling off on a warm day.

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Cloud Break

Taken in Blaine, Minnesota. The sun is peeking through as a heavy layer of cloud cover begins to depart.

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Today In Blaine, Minnesota

 

ALL DAY LONG!

Life Is Simpler When You Plow Around The Stump

 

 

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