Yesterday, I escorted forty students to the Phoenix Zoo, appreciative to be out of the classroom for the day. We strolled around the paths under sunny skies in 70-degree weather. Say what you want about Phoenix’s hot summers, the best time to visit is in January. Here’s a Flamingo who didn’t mind posing for me.
Cindy Bruchman 
Nice shot, Cindy. Perfect isolation of the bird’s head. 🙂
Glad to hear you got out in the fresh air.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Thank, Pete. It was much needed. The quiet, a gentle breeze, and sunshine on my shoulder.
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Echoing Pete thoughts…Nice shot…
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Flamingos always look stern!
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At first, I thought it was a photograph of my fourth grade penmanship teacher.
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Ha! My what scary, penetrating eyes he/she had!
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She was quick with a yardstick or a ruler, Miss Layton was. The loops had to be just so.
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Ha Ha. My have the school room classrooms have changed, including the curriculum. I get a kick out of highschoolers who are teaching themselves how to write in cursive because it looks like fun. I’ve always thought as a teacher that it was a matter of a decade and students won’t need to write at all. Just type.
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I am often amazed at the handwriting of people 55 years and younger who did not go to private schools. Even then, the younger they are the more atrocious their handwriting appears. Printing of even simple block letters appears difficult. Whatever happened to “reading, ‘righting and ‘rithmatic”?
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Technology. I don’t think it’s helped much.
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Getting out of the classroom works wonders.
Hi Cindy. Bye till next time!
Neil S.
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Thanks, Neil. I appreciate you comments.
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My goodness! For one moment there, I thought you’d gone out and shot a very large pink bird!
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😉
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When I was working in Phoenix and commuting weekly from LA, it was always an adventure to see what the weather would offer: my first week topped out at 117, but by the end, it was a series of gorgeous, clear 80 degree days and a brisk night…beautiful.
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It was sublime yesterday. Just a perfect day and to spend it at the zoo was a pleasant way to spend the day. Many of my students had never been to the zoo, so that was fun, watching their expressions.
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Did you have to explain to them just what fresh air is?
All kidding aside, that’s a great trip for the kids and perfect weather!!
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We have lots of it out here. That’s one thing they get plenty of. Well, actually, we live 90 miles north of Phoenix. The air quaility in PHX can get nasty at times as it’s a big bowl and the heat and dust stays trapped in the valley.
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That’s how I picture AZ. It’s you that has been changing that stereotype for me.
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It’s a huge state. When I moved here in 2012, I had no idea it was so uncrowded and the size of a few states. In any direction, after an hour’s drive, the topography dramatically differs. I think it’s a very interesting state. Virginia, VT, Oregon, and AZ are the prettiest states in the union. What gives AZ the edge is the sunshine and warmth for your bones. It’s no wonder so many people in AZ come from other places.
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A great place to retire. I know my foster brother is planning on it.
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Well, buddy, you make sure you visit him! I would happily meet you and show you the good stuff. 😉
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For some reason (and making me very nervous) I haven’t been able to reach him since he called to tell me he was retiring and would be house-sitting for a couple of months. I can’t believe he didn’t even put a ‘forwarding address’ card in at the post office!
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Hmmm. I hope you connect soon.
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So far so good!!
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so nice to see you got your wednesday shot. i miss the days of the firve shots, but it is a relief not to have to choose a favorite, as they are all so good.
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You are kind. I have been back to my home state of Illinois a few times since November to see my mother. While I try to take interesting pictures of my hometown, my county, I can’t find the light or the right angle. Anyway, I’m hoping to camp in March. Trying to go somewhere I haven’t been to before. Thank you, Bill.
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Perfectly balanced. You are a true artist!
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You’re a kind man. I’m glad you liked him. They have the funniest faces, I love how they sleep on one foot.
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That was nice of that flamingo, fab shot, Cindy.
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Ta, Ted!
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In the gloom of an English winter your day at the zoo sounds like bliss.
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Oh, is it cool and gray? Es tut mir leid!
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Amazing shot Cindy. I’m rarely smart enough to take close ups.
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At first I was trying to capture him standing on one leg, but there were 100 others around him and I couldn’t get a clean shot of anything. I zeroed in on a face and hoped for the best. Thanks, JC.
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Whoa! Your photo makes a cool creature look even cooler, well done! I recently learned that flamingos are pink because of their diet, change that diet, they’re no longer pink. Who knew?
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That’s some good trivia. I didn’t know that either. 🙂
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I love flamingos. They are so graceful.
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Can’t say I am a fan of the color pink. Unless it is on a Flamingo.
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Magnificent!
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He like to stare at you, waiting expectantly. When he realized I had no breadcrumbs in my pocket, he marched on.
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He’s a brave one!
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