Tropical Toucan

Comes in a variety of colours :) Today's Gratitude Item: The start of a long weekend. The main reason that I love the Queen is that we get to celebrate…

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Sunshine Cockatoo

When I visited Sydney, we got to see these in the wild. It was very cool! Dedicated to all those Australians out there. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting to my minimum…

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Gold Monkey

This little critter is about to leap into the unknown. Hope he know what he's doing! Today's Gratitude Item: Having a partner at dance who knew what they were doing.…

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Rainforest Fruit

This guy is hanging around hoping for some food to eat. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting a reader / writer for one of my students at short notice. Said student has…

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Gorilla in the Mist

This gentle giant looks like he's about to eat my signature!! Today's Gratitude Item: Learning how to project what is on my graphing calculator onto the whiteboard so that the…

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Green Gibbon

In the company of some blue butterflies. Alternate title is "Hanging Out". I really like how this one turned out. Today's Gratitude Item: Bendy pencils. Yes folks, they have now…

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Lemur

As in the native of Madagascar. Not to be confused with the common cat, although at first glance their shapes are very similar. My regular readers may notice a slight…

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Buffalo

These animals are pretty impressive, especially when in large herds. Watching a large herd cross the road in the Kruger National park was quite an experience. It took quite a…

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Hippopotamus

According to wikipedia, the hippo's closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales etc). I'm wondering how they got to that? Today's Gratitude Item: Learning how to use the photocopier at work…

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Secretary Bird

So named because of the unique feather arrangement on the head. The thing looks like an old fashioned secretary, ready to take dictation. Today's Gratitude Item: A "non-contact" last period.…

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