Day 3716: Wildlife and an elusive key.

 

"Wanton destruction": digital collage

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Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022

In a press statement, the pair said their aim was "to create a competition that focused on the lighter, humorous side of wildlife photography but also had an important role in promoting wildlife conservation at its heart.

This buckarooing zebra in Kenya.

A gentoo penguin gives his mate the snub in the Falkland Islands.

Meerkats joke around in South Africa.

A couple of triggerfish pose for the camera.

A proboscis monkey in Borneo is shocked to the very core.

A black bear cub gets dramatic in Wisconsin.

A squirrel flies like a superhero during a rainstorm in the Netherlands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lappet-faced vultures strut their stuff in South Africa.

  

A moose gives a grin in Wyoming.

A tight squeeze in this owl nest in Florida.

The awards were co-founded in 2015 by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam.

 

"With so much going on in the world, we could all use a bumper dose of fun and laughter and this year's finalists have definitely delivered that," said Sullam. Each year the competition supports a conservation organization -- and this year it is working with the Whitley Fund for Nature, a UK charity supporting conservation in the global south.

 

 

The elusive key!

Today I went to lunch with Carole. We always talk too long, but the kind waiters just let us. Anyway, my hearing aid stopped working and I knew it had a new battery, so I took it to Costco at the District, where I had bought it. That is a mammoth store! You could drive a semi down the aisles, and they have big enough crowds to need that. I spoke to the girl, and she was flustered being the only attendant. She said as much, and that she had appointments that she must take, but if I wanted to leave it, she would try to get it done before she got off work at 6pm. It was about 3:15 so I thought I might go home and come back?

As I put the key in the ignition, it fell into an abyss under or inside the drivers seat.It was hot today, as I moved the seat forward and back trying to rescue my AWOL key. I could neither see or feel it. I tried for about 10 minutes and knew I needed help. I called AAA and they no longer have a human to talk to, but instead a chat where you type in your needs. It is different when you are parked in a lot the size of a football field. Besides my phone, I had to describe my 2012 Honda Insight, grey, 6DLJ054 and that I was parked in the second double row from the entrance, fourth car from the end. I got a message, "on the way". I sat with the door open and my legs out, since I couldn't put the windows down. It was hot and the wait went slowly. Then I got a call from the Costco girl at the hearing office, she asked if I was still in the store? I explained that I was waiting in the parking lot for AAA. She was leaving, but would leave it in a container by her phone and that it was now working. 

At 4:20 pm, a white truck went by and I waved to him. He parked nearby and came to see what I needed. I told him and he said, no problem. Within 5 minutes and the help of a slim-Jim, he handed me my key. Now I had to walk back in and retrieve, a long walk both ways but I was so thankful. So driving home I hit the 5 pm traffic but still tired, hot and grateful. TMI?

 

 

 

 

 

A sweet 3+minute video, Rescue, here.

 

Just because ...

 

   

Cinnamon Flycatcher

 

Smiles for Saturday ...

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

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