Karma challenged us to find photos of the following:

• a colorful bird of your choice
• a grad – of any sort
• a dad – of any sort
• something purple
• a butterfly
• a funny face

BONUS: a cow, bull, heifer, calf or ox.  Extra bonus points for  the belted galloway.  (This assignment isn’t due till June 25…you can challenge yourself too!)

 

So on Father’s Day I took some time and went to the Detroit Zoo.  I figured there might be a butterfly house, was sure there would be colorful birds, and figured I’d find a funny face somewhere.  And since it was Father’s Day I was hoping to find a father or two along the way.

I have to say – this was a blast!  The zoo had everything I needed except for one item on the list; I bet you can figure out which photo came out of my archives.

So let’s get going!

A Colorful bird:

I have lots of colorful bird photos, but this one won out.  I’ll show you others on another blog.  Promise.

A Graduate:

In the spring of 2008 I graduated with my library degree.  Someday I’m going to do something librarian-ish with it.

A Dad:

I saw lots of Dad’s out with their children…

…which made me miss mine a bit.  Still, it was nice to see all the families enjoying the beautiful day.

Something Purple:

I took a lot of pictures of pretty purple flowers.  But on my way out of the zoo I saw this, and knew it would become my the purple element for my hunt.  Because flowers could be anywhere, but this was definitely something from the zoo.

A Butterfly:

There was a butterfly house right near the front of the zoo!

I hadn’t seen a butterfly here at home yet this spring.  After my trip to the zoo I was weeding the garden and a monarch landed on my shoulder for a moment.   Priceless.

A Funny Face:

A funny face?  Well I saw a few, but this guy had the best face.  The docent said this emu was pretty ornery.  Maybe it was just because he had a bad hair day.

A Cow:

But of everything, you know what I’m most excited about?  The COW!  I know…I know.   A cow you say?

The zoo had farm animals so I figured I’d find a cow there, but I had no idea I might find one that looked so much like a “belted galloway.”  But look at this!

I don’t know if it really is a belted galloway…but it certainly has a wide white belt.  Maybe he’s still dressing from the 70’s.

All in all I am truly grateful to Karma for challenging me like this.  I had a wonderful Father’s Day morning.  Such fun!

Here’s one more funny face from the zoo…