I'm not very happy with any of the pictures I took today.  
 

  
 It was a really busy day and I couldn't devote as much time to taking photos as I like to do.

 Today friends invited me to spend Memorial Day at their place on Logan Martin Lake.

Fun day filled with boating, Sea Doo riding, swimming, delicious food and good conversation.

  

Of course no day in the sun is complete without mass quantities of sun screen.  :-)

In April, Christy, Jesse, and I spent the day in the Birmingham Zoo.
I believe this is an Indian Peacock.  He was putting on quite a show.

I don't remember what species this is, but it has a beautiful bill.

  

I've always found guinea fowl interesting.  

These were enjoying a dust bath.

They are a fairly common farm bird here.

Chestnut Mandibled Toucans

I don't know if this is an American Flamingo or a Chilean Flamingo. 

The zoo has both.  Regardless of which this is, I love the colors.

I need to go back with a longer lens and tripod.

He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill.
Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
Sutta Nipata II,14

Yummy Deliciousness on Display

Being a coffer nut, I frequent 318 Coffee and Bands.  In addition to their delicious all organic coffee they serve a variety of homemade pastries.  You really need to try some.  They also serve tasty vegetarian pizzas, sandwiches, burritos, etc.  

Child's Play

I went out partying with Christy and James. 
We dropped by the Fort Williams Pub for drinks and food.
   

A window to another world

 Jesse left this PEZ dispenser laying on the side porch.

Shiny Things

Two extension ladders and a set of pickup truck tube steps

This is my fifth photo for Ellipsis' 'A Photo A Day For 6 Months'. If you like the idea, please come join her.

APDF6: 4

    

Party time

 

on Bourbon Street!

Next time I'm going for a ride in one of the many pedicabs.

  

Be on the look out for pirates.
"I am a free prince, and I have as much authority to make war on the whole world, as he who has a hundred sail of ships at sea and an army of 100,000 men in the field; and this my conscience tells me; but there is no arguing with such sniveling puppies, who allow superiors to kick them about deck at pleasure; and pin their faith upon a pimp of a parson; a squab, who neither practices nor believes what he puts upon the chuckle-headed fools he preaches to."
~Black" Sam Bellamy
  
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good,
God would permit us to be pirates.
 – Life on the Mississippi

  

Mommy, can I be like her when I grow up?

   

This was a great couple in love.
They asked if I would take their picture and posed for this photo.  

  

Looking back

this was a fun photowalk. 

 

Bye for now!

  

  

Not the kind of thing I expect to see in the computer lab.

This is my fourth photo for Ellipsis' 'A Photo A Day For 6 Months'. If you like the idea, please come join her.

APDF6: 3 
    

Today I had limeade at Carlisle Drug Store.

Going to and from work, I often wait on trains.

Some things are the same no matter where you go.

  

And some things are different.

  

A lot different

 

Shopkeeper looking down the street

 

Caught in the act.

  

Homer enjoying a little time away from the show.

This street performer was interesting. 

It happened.
Isn't that weird.
And it's gone.
~Matt Stuart