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Saturday, November 30, 2013

THANKSGIVING ZEBRA SAFARI AT GRANDMA POPPYS PHOTO BLOG



Hi Everybody!!
Thank You all for your wonderful wishes, prayers and thoughts for Thanksgiving. We had quite a day and sooooooooo much to eat. We had Thanksgiving Prayers at 6:00 and I shared a prayer sent by +ozone pope  for our family. (Thank You, ozone). We had a zebra sleepover and in the morning, the sun came shining in the window to wake everybody up. Time for the highlight for the girls: The safari ride! (Yes. I know this is not typical and we are likely the only people in the States who had a Safari ride). More people should try it, as we really had fun! I can still hear my Kate screaming with delight: Go, Granny, Go-faster and faster! For the rest of their little lives they will remember the Thanksgiving Zebra Safari at Grandma Poppys in 2013! We embraced the purity of the spirit of thankfulness and joy! I tried to catch it and share with my friends around the world. Really, that is all it is about!

Link to photostudy:
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The Safari Ride:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra

Zebra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zebras (/ˈzɛbrə/ zeb-rə or /ˈzbrə/ zee-brə)[1] are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in smallharems to large herds. Unlike their closest relatives, horses and asses, zebras have never been truly domesticated.
There are three species of zebras: the plains zebra, the Grévy's zebra and the mountain zebra. The plains zebra and the mountain zebra belong to the subgenus Hippotigris, but Grévy's zebra is the sole species of subgenus Dolichohippus. The latter resembles anass, to which it is closely related, while the former two are more horse-like. All three belong to the genus Equus, along with other living equids.
The unique stripes of zebras make them one of the animals most familiar to people. They occur in a variety of habitats, such as grasslandssavannaswoodlands, thornyscrublandsmountains, and coastal hills. However, various anthropogenic factors have had a severe impact on zebra populations, in particular hunting for skins and habitat destruction. Grévy's zebra and the mountain zebra are endangered. While plains zebras are much more plentiful, one subspecies, the quagga, became extinct in the late 19th century – though there is currently a plan, called the Quagga Project, that aims to breed zebras that are phenotypically similar to the quagga in a process called breeding back.


Zebras
Plains zebra (Equus quagga)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Perissodactyla
Family:Equidae
Genus:Equus
Subgenus:Hippotigris and
Dolichohippus

Physical attributes

Size and weight

The common plains zebra is about 50–52 inches (12.2–13 hands, 1.3 m) at the shoulder with a body ranging from 6–8.5 feet (2–2.6 m) long with an 18-inch (0.5 m) tail. It can weigh up to 770 pounds (350 kg), males being slightly bigger than females. Grévy's Zebra is considerably larger, while the mountain zebra is somewhat smaller.[7]

Stripes

It was previously believed that zebras were white animals with black stripes, since some zebras have white underbellies. Embryological evidence, however, shows that the animal's background color is black and the white stripes and bellies are additions.[3] It is likely that the stripes are caused by a combination of factors.[8]
The stripes are typically vertical on the head, neck, forequarters, and main body, with horizontal stripes at the rear and on the legs of the animal. The "zebra crossing" is named after the zebra's black and white stripes.
A wide variety of hypotheses have been proposed to account for the evolution of the striking stripes of zebras. The more traditional of these (1 and 2, below) relate to camouflage.
1. The vertical striping may help the zebra hide in grass by disrupting its outline. In addition, even at moderate distances, the striking striping merges to an apparent grey.
2. The stripes may help to confuse predators by motion dazzle—a group of zebras standing or moving close together may appear as one large mass of flickering stripes, making it more difficult for the lion to pick out a target.[9]
3. The stripes may serve as visual cues and identification.[3] Although the striping pattern is unique to each individual, it is not known whether zebras can recognize one another by their stripes.

Zebra in Ngorongoro: its pattern may reduce its attractiveness to large biting flies.
4. Experiments by different researchers indicate that the stripes are effective in attracting fewer flies, including blood-sucking tsetse flies and tabanid horseflies.[8][10] A 2012 experiment in Hungary showed that zebra-striped models were nearly minimally attractive to tabanid horseflies. These flies are attracted to linearly polarized light, and the study showed that black and white stripes disrupt the attractive pattern. Further, attractiveness increases with stripe width, so the relatively narrow stripes of the three living species of zebras should be unattractive to horseflies.[11][12]



(the real thing (from Google Search);
  1. African Safari - Namibia, Etosha National Park : Zebras - YouTube

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qNuR4JNLy0

    Jul 6, 2011 - Uploaded by john kwee
    Watering Hole in Etosha National Park, June 2011.





BLACK FRIDAY WAS BLUE SKIES AND SUNNY BUZZARDS!!!!!!
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...this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.  See You next time! Happy Holidays!


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Thursday, November 28, 2013

KATES CABIN BIRD SANCTUARY THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE AND (PHOTO BLOG)


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FAT SISSY ROLLS IN THANKSGIVING!
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A THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE:  SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT!


Hi Everybody!!
No, this is not the "Macy's Day Parade"!  As You know, I have a wild bird Sanctuary, so we will be having a parade of some of the birds that live here!  Please join in the spirit by feeding your birds some wild bird seed  and corn today. My grandchildren are on the way for Turkey Day. We are having a Zebra Safari Thanksgiving Sleepover in honor of my friends in Africa! Later we will eat Pumpkin Peace Pie!
Make this a great day for yourself! No fighting in the families! Call Your Mother (and Grandmother).
The time to turn everything around in the world is now. How do we do it? Open up your heart and let the love in, embrace it, and share it. At the end of the day, What are You really thankful for? What really matters? Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful to have so many friends around the World on G+!! Together, we are making a difference in this World.

















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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy's_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by the U.S. chain store business Macy's. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade inDetroit, with both parades four years younger than the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia. The three-hour Macy's event is held in New York City starting at 9:00 a.m. EST on Thanksgiving Day, and has been televised nationally on NBC since 1952.
Considered to be the most watched parade of the year, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is watched by more than 3.5 million people on the parade route while another 50 million people watch the event LIVE on television.[2]

History[edit]


The former Macy's Parade Logo (Used until 2005 with a special edition variant being used in the 2006 Parade)

The Macy's Parade Logo used in 2006. Balloons, from left: Uncle Sam, Tom Turkey, Macy's Star, Gnome, Toy Soldier, Chloe the Clown.
In the 1920s, many of Macy's department store employees were first-generationimmigrants. Proud of their new American heritage, they wanted to celebrate the United States parade of Thanksgiving with the type of festival their parents had loved in Europe.[3]
In 1924, the annual Thanksgiving parade started by Louis Bamberger in Newark, New Jersey at the Bamberger's store was transferred to New York by Macy's. In New York, the employees marched to Macy's flagship store on 34th Street dressed in vibrant costumes. There were floats, professional bands and live animals borrowed from the Central Park Zoo. At the end of that first parade, as has been the case with every parade since, Santa Claus was welcomed into Herald Square. At this first parade, however, the Jolly Old Elf was enthroned on the Macy's balcony at the 34th Street store entrance, where he was then "crowned" "King of the Kiddies." With an audience of over a quarter of a million people, the parade was such a success that Macy's declared it would become an annual event.
Anthony "Tony" Frederick Sarg loved to work with marionettes from an early age. After moving to London to start his own marionette business, Sarg moved to New York City to perform with his puppets on the street. Macy's heard about Sarg's talents and asked him to design a window display of a parade for the store.[4] Sarg's large animal-shapedballoons, produced by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, replaced the live animals in 1927 when the Felix the Cat balloon made its debut. Felix was filled with air, but by the next year, helium was used to fill the expanding cast of balloons.
At the finale of the 1928 parade, the balloons were released into the sky where they unexpectedly burst. The following year they were redesigned with safety valves to allow them to float for a few days.[5] Address labels were sewn into them, so that whoever found and mailed back the discarded balloon received a gift from Macy's.[5]
Through the 1930s, the Parade continued to grow, with crowds of over 1 million lining the parade route in 1933. The first Mickey Mouse balloon entered the parade in 1934. The annual festivities were broadcast on local New York radio from 1932 through 1941,[6] and resumed in 1945 through 1951.[7]
The parade was suspended 1942–1944 during World War II, owing to the need for rubber and helium in the war effort.[8][9] The parade resumed in 1945 using the route that it followed until 2008. The parade became known nationwide after being prominently featured in the 1947 film, Miracle on 34th Street, which included footage of the 1946 festivities. The event was first broadcast on network television in 1948 (see below). By this point the event, and Macy's sponsorship of it, were sufficiently well-known to give rise to the colloquialism "Macy's Day Parade".
Since 1984, the balloons have been made by Raven Industries of Sioux Falls, SD.[10]
Macy's also sponsors the smaller Celebrate the Season Parade inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held two days after the main event. Other cities in the US also have parades on Thanksgiving, but they are not run by Macy's. The nation's oldest Thanksgiving parade (the Gimbels parade, which has had many sponsors over the years is now known as6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade) was first held in Philadelphia in 1920. Other cities include theMcDonald's Thanksgiving Paradeof Chicago, Illinois and parades inPlymouth, Massachusetts;Seattle, WashingtonHouston, TexasDetroit, Michigan; andFountain Hills, Arizona. A parade is also held at the two U.S.Disney theme parks. There is even a 2nd Thanksgiving balloon parade within the New York metropolitan area, the UBS balloon parade in Stamford, CT, 30 miles away. This parade is held the Sunday before Thanksgiving to not compete with the New York parade and usually does not duplicate any balloon characters.
The classic "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" logo (seen on right) was, with one exception, last used in 2005. For 2006 a special variant of the logo was used. Every year since a new logo has been used for each parade. The logos however are seen rarely, if at all, on television as NBC has used its own logo with the word "Macy's" in script and "Thanksgiving Day Parade" in a bold font. The logos are assumed to be for Macy's use only, such as on the Grandstand tickets and the ID badges worn by parade staff. The Jackets worn by parade staff still bear the original classic parade logo, this being the only place where that logo can be found.
New safety measures were incorporated in 2006 to prevent accidents and balloon related injuries. One measure taken was installation of wind measurement devices to alert parade organizers to any unsafe conditions that could cause the balloons to behave erratically. Also, parade officials implemented a measure to keep the balloons closer to the ground during windy conditions. If wind speeds are forecast to be higher than 34 miles per hour, all balloons are removed from the parade.[11]
In 2007, the journal Puppetry International published a first person account of being a balloon handler.[12]
Please see link for complete extensive article.

File:Santa Claus arrives..jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Claus_arrives..jpg
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Santa Claus arrives, accompanied by his elves, on his sleigh pulled by reindeer at the climax of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 27, 2008. The intersection seen here is 57th and Broadway.
Date, 12:16:27
Sourceoriginally posted to Flickr as Santa Claus arrives.
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FINALLY, THE SUN RETURNS TO TEXAS AND MY TURKEY BUZZARDS COME HOME




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....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.  See You next time!  Have a very nice Turkey Day. You are invited to join my family for prayer and pie at 6:00 PM Texas time today. Bring your own thankful prayer and your own pie. Close your eyes at 6:00 and see if you can hear our prayers for Peace and Thanksgiving! Love To Everybody in the World! 
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

NOW I AM TALKING TURKEY! (HOW TO ROAST A TURKEY PHOTO BLOG)


Hi Everybody!!
My Turkey is cooked and prepped to the point of slicing tomorrow. I personally like to do the bulk of my work the day before an event (or dinner). I thought about You, my friends today. For my new cooking a turkey for the first time friends, I made you a recipe on how to roast a Turkey with pictures to guide you through your first Thanksgiving. Most important before you start cooking, thaw the turkey completely, (or you will be sorry). Cooking time will depend on size of your bird. This one was big and roasted about 7 hours at 275 degrees. (If yours is smaller, it will not take as long). Second most important: turn the oven on! The rest is easy!
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...this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.
See You next time! Good luck with your dinner and Happy Thanksgiving!

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