International Sloth Day

Posted on October 20, 2020 by vanbraman

Today is International Sloth Day, and since I am feeling a bit slothful I will just post a few pictures.

Omaha Zoo, Henry Doorly Zoo, Tiger Bite, Drunk Woman, Stupid PeopleThe pictures of a sloth were taken at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo. The best zoo in the country.

sloth omaha zoo, slothful, signboardThe two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus) is also known as Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth and is from the rain forests of South America.

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus, omaha zoo, henry doorly zooHere we see the sloth hanging onto a small branch. I really like the coloring of this sloth.

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus, omaha zoo, henry doorly zooI waited awhile to see if the sloth would move, but it pretty much stayed put. They don’t move too much or too fast.

I think that I may have some pictures of sloths from other zoos, but am a bit slothful tonight so am not going to try and find them.

Western Lowland Gorillas - Henry Doorly Zoo - Omaha, Nebraska - The one and Only Ivan - Newbery WinnerInstead I will share my favorite picture from my trip to the Omaha Zoo ten years ago.

I really like this baby Gorilla.

Steven

 

 

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Halloween Lights

Posted on October 19, 2020 by vanbraman

Tonight I went out for a walk and took some pictures of the neighborhood Halloween lights.

Long ago we only saw lights and yard displays for Christmas. However, today we see displays for more and more holidays.

halloween decorations, holiday lights, ghostsIn this yard there are quite a few decorations. Some are subtle like the eyes in the window. It is also interesting that there are jack-o-lanterns, but only fake ones.

holloween decorations, halloween lights, batsHere we have a light machine that is projecting bats on the wall of a house. Of course bats are usually black, but then they would be hard to see.

Have you noticed that there are not as many bats in Halloween advertisements and candy packaging this year? Bats have a bit of a bad name this year because of the virus coming from bats.

Halloween, skeleton display, skeleton windowI really like this skeleton in a window that is lit up with an orange light.

halloween displayLook at the size of this Halloween Pumpkin man.

halloween display, grave stones, orange, lightsHere we have a spooky graveyard, but what I really like is the orange hues in the picture.

This weekend I saw a video of a huge Halloween display that my sister from Iowa took, and also a few large displays nearby were on the local news.

I am really hoping that we won’t have the usual large number of older teens roaming our neighborhood this year.

Steven

 

 

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