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Sunflower Halved Hypersaturated
Yes this is a real sunflower I took this shot a couple of summers ago in the garden outside my work window
Showing posts with label stay-cation 09. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stay-cation 09. Show all posts
Monday, July 20, 2009
Well Sunday, I actually stuck to the plan and made it to the zoo! My feet are kindly thanking me today though, note to self, cute does not equal comfort EVER. I have to say it's been a few years since I have been since the story usually goes...I think about the zoo and then I let summer skip on out of here without ever getting around to it. Surprisingly, for me, to even want to go anywhere in the summer considering I hate being hot, but the weather was rather inviting so I thought what the hay...let's go. I feel like I saw more animals than I have seen maybe because it's usually too hot or too cold for them to be out and active, but everyone seemed to be taking in the breeze and relaxing. I have pictures to share and I can say that I enjoyed myself! I did not see the panda's because the line was really just too long. I may go back and see them later in the summer, but that will have to be the only thing I go to see. I of course saw the monkeys, one of my favorites, but my one of my other favorites was out and just enjoying himself immensely, the lion. I ♥ lions...maybe because they are at the top, but they are just so regal and gorgeous to behold. I had to give him his own slide show!
Happy Monday and Enjoy!!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Took a side trip to the National Museum of American History yesterday. The museum had been under a remodeling for a while and opened maybe the earlier part of this year or late last year, regardless it looks great and is HUGE. I went to see the I Do Solemnly Swear: Photographs of the 2009 Inauguration and completely got sidetracked. There are sooo many wonderful exhibits to see (and sooo many tourists) that it was literally impossible to see it all in the short time frame I had. But I have a museum day planned for later this month so I'll explore the rest of the exhibits then. I did take some pictures while touring, and yes I am one of those crazy people who takes pictures through glass! Although I'm not as crazy as to turn the flash on while trying to shoot through glass, but some of the shots have strange glows due to the lighting in some of the cases. I will try to give you a run down of what is contained in the picture show below:
- Upon entering the museum (from the mall entrance) there is the flag displayed in a silver sculpture state
- A Betsy Ross imitator having children help her make the flag
- The Greensboro lunch counter
- Scurlock studio and photography equipment
- The America's at war (only the colonial time period, the exhibit hall was way too big)
- The Presidents
- American entertainment
- Photos of the 2009 Inauguration
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