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emoticon Pastor Rick: Me @ Discovery Cove 2003


My wife ambushed me here as we explored the aviary of Discovery Cove in Orlando Florida. This photo was taken close to the end of the day, after swimming with the dolphins and stingrays and wandering over the park lands all day long... I was tired but amazingly happy and just a little awestruck by the beauty of the place and the friendliness of the birds.

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And here I was thinking you looked like the wrinkly old guy in your avatar. Oops that was what Paris Hilton called John McCain.

Aren't the birdies sweet. Funny how trusting they are of humans.
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The man in my avatar was everything you would expect a Christian to be and more. So far, in my lifetime, I have never seen a politician worthy to carry Joshes walking cane but if I ever do I'll do everything in my power to help him get elected emoticon

Those birds were astounding! They would land on your shoulders and if you had birdseed they would take turns eating out of your hand! Besides the grotto the aviary was my favorite place in all of Florida emoticon

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The only birds I've come across in South Africa that were that 'friendly' are the greedy pigeons in Parliament Street in Cape Town. Most of the wild birds will come fairly close if they get used to you feeding them but they won't sit on your hand. In that same street there are squirrels that come right up and take peanuts out of your hand. Very sweet.
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And here you can see the little foot just on the edge of the picture of Giv's hand:

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Hello my adopted uncle (I decided that today emoticon)

Hmm question about this area is it private?
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This is the public posting area Sertab so pics need to be "family friendly." You have to request passage to Risa for the private one (have not created it yet)...

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Birds are amazing creatures - my favourite is the little swallow.

I can't get over the fact that such a tiny little bird has such a wonderful navigation system. Some years ago, a pair of lesser-striped swallows built a nest on top of the speaker on our front patio .. it took them five weeks of non-stop work before they were happy enough to use it to raise their babies. At the end of the summer they flew off to winter in the northern hemisphere somewhere, and in late spring they came back home again. This has been happening for the last eight years and we always miss them when they leave, hope they'll be okay, and look forward to welcoming them home!

It's just incredible that after travelling all those thousands of miles they know not just which city to come to, but the right street address as well. Wonderful!

Great photo Rick and you are almost as I imagined you to be; I sometimes do have a "feeling" about what people look like! I thought you may have a short beard as well, but I somehow knew you weren't like your avatar!

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I used to have a beard but decided to shave it off when it went gray... It's really strange, the beard is mostly white now when I let it grow but the rest of my hair is still black!

I have thought of shaving the mustache off but my wife threatens me with bodily harm if I do so I let it stay emoticon

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Use grecian 2000 to chane all the colours lol
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Doesn't that stuff smell to high heaven though?

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