“(Wow, the swan boats in this park are so realistic…)”
“(… and really well-upholstered, too — like a down pillow!)”
“(… in fact, I just might take a little nap here… honk-shuuuuuu…)”
Andrea M. writes: “We’ve got a cygnet at the Los Angeles Zoo again. That’s his/her Dad back he/she nestled on. PS: Keep up the great work. I keep a pail and scoop for the brains right next to my computer. It makes clean up a no brainer.”
Well, it would pretty much have to be, wouldn’t it?
awwww… daddy’s takin’ his turn at babysitting…
and plink! plink! for the eye capsules!
Wow, ceejoe, we were on the same wavelength re: eye capsules.
GMTA
I feel dumb asking, but I’ve seen this a couple of times lately and don’t know/can’t figure out what it stands for. ??
All I can come up with is “Get me the axe”, and that just doesn’t seem to fit….
It’s an acronym for “great minds think alike,” often used on message boards when two people post the same idea at the same time.
heh heh… I just looked it up the other day… (urbandictionary.com)
Thanks, Mike! I think it will always look to me like Get me the axe, though.
The one I can never remember what it means is IIRC which is ironic since it means “if I remember correctly…”
There is something about closed bird eyes that looks especially blissful.
I think it’s the way their lower eyelids are bigger than their upper eyelids, so their eyelashes are toward the top of the eye capsule and it looks more ^_^
…well that’s my theory, anyway. *blows smoke*
Where are you blowing that smoke?
*shifty eyes* I could tell you, but then I’d be stuck in the moderation lounge.
I thought so. *mrgreen*
Nice use of *mrgreen* BTW, he’s a favorite of mine. *mrgreen*
My favorite blissed-out-bird picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32081016@N07/4626609050/
OmiGOSH that’s adorable!
LOOK at the eyelashes here!
Owls like to be scritched!! Is there any animal that doesn’t like to be scritched?
omg i love that widdle owl!
I love the soft pearl-gray fuzz and eye capsules on baby in pic 3. So cozy!
“Tie them to the dock”…hehe, thanks for the explanation. I was a little distracted by that.
Comme c’est Cute!!!
SO SOFT!!!
Perhaps I don’t know much about swans, but why does he seem to have two beaks?
According to Wiki, it’s a black necked swan. They have little red knobby things on top of their beaks.
And something I read said it got bigger on the males during breeding season. Perhaps it’s along the lines of the whole male-birds-haiving-more-vibrant-colors-thingy…
I was confused about that too! I’m glad you asked.
Hilarious commentary on the “no brainer”, NTMTOM.
Ditto.
Motion carried!
oh man I would LOVE to nestle right in there with bebeh for a nap… looks like Grandma’s Feather Bed! (how many more animals can we get in here?)
It’d hold eight kids ‘n’ four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed
I wonder if the piggy was The Tiniest Snorfer up top there…
In that case, move on over; I’m comin’ in.
Yay for the sleppy tag!
Eye capsules have done me in.
Great writing NOMTOM – you really captured the baby swan’s cozy thoughts.
It’s amazing how all of daddy’s floof just swallows everything but the cygnet’s head up. It looks like he just has a second head growing out of his back.