Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Pleasant surprises....

 We were getting ready to leave this morn when there was a knock on the door...this was what was being delivered.  Don't you just love it!  I love roses, but oh, how I love what they came in.
 I will use it for years to come.  Our older daughter sent this arrangement.

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 This evening on our way to the super Walmart, we ran through the strip pits.  I was going through to see if we could see any owls, but first we saw these two whooping cranes!
I actually trespassed to get a little bit closer to them.  But I did stop before I got to close because I was scaring them.  I think if you enlarge them you can see that both legs of both birds seem to be banded.
These are not the greatest pictures but I am still glad to have gotten them.

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We will be busy the next few days so will be blogging when I can.  Not sure how often that will be.

15 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, Whooping Cranes! I think most people never see them, I have never. This is so special. And that beautiful vase, it is just awesome!!!

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  2. A lovely gift from your daughter and a lovely gift for us in these delightful photos.

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  3. Love the vase the arranged came in. And good shots of the Cranes too.

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  4. awesome to see the cranes. and I love love love the container your roses came in. looks like it has a lid? so beautiful.

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  5. That is a beautiful gift and one you'll enjoy for a long time to come. Nice shots of these cranes too. They look very good to me.

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  6. What a beautiful surprise! I think you got some great shots of the pair, how lucky to get so close to them.

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  7. How tall are they do you think?

    Lovely flower arrangement from your daughter.

    Gill

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  8. The flower arrangement is beautiful. I like your photos of the whopping cranes.

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  9. That was wonderful for you to see the Whooping Cranes! I have never seen one. Nice pics you took! The flower arrangement is beautiful too.

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  10. Great pictures of the cranes... I love them---and you are so lucky to have seen them... wow!!!!!

    Beautiful arrangement... Love it...

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  11. That is a awesome surprise! The whooping cranes are so beautiful. I've never seen one before.

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  12. It's a beautiful arrangement, Rose. How sweet of your daughter!

    Whooping cranes!! WOW! I have never seen them except in photos.

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  13. I love your roses and the vase they are in. What a lovely thoughtful daughter you have :))

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  14. LOVELY roses!

    I like the first photo of the cranes and the 'painterly' look of the images. It does look like both are banded and I wonder if not more than once.

    Wishing you and yours a Very Merry Christmas!

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  15. Love the flowers and the bowl...how unusual and beautiful! And the whopping cranes....so neat! You are fortunate to see what so few people ever get to see.

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