Favorite Things Friday and New Grab Buttons

I wanted to share that I fixed my Grab Buttons. At first I had a problem with the "Favorite Things Friday" button showing up way too big. Now it should show the correct size.

Go to this Link to find the "stuff" to grab my buttons.


I have invested the big $1.99 so that I can show pictures on my linky party. I'm hoping this will encourage more people to join me. It's no fun to have a party with out blog party goers, so please join me for a cup of coffee, tea, or lemonade. We can sit in the air-conditioned living room or bare the heat on my wicker furniture under a big fruitless Mulberry Tree. I have several of those trees and boy do they make shade.


Here are the links to my Friday Favorites that I've done so far:

My Favorite Things #1

My Favorite Things #2

My Favorite Things #3 Patriotic Images

My Favorite Things #4 Swimming

My Favorite Things #5- Favorite Children's Movies

My Favorite Things #6- Color Vintage Sea Images

My Favorite Things #7 Black and White Vintage Sea Images

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What will # 8 be?  Check out next Friday to find out.

My Favorite Things #2 Flamingoes

FLAMINGOS

Our church held a fund raiser for the youth group.  If someone paid $20 they could nominate a family to have their yard "flocked".  My friend had our house flocked with these pink plastic flamingos.  Then we had our friends and neighbors flocked too.  It was really fun to do and a huge surprise, to us, when we found all the flamingos on our lawn. 

Since when are flamingos blue?  Amazing what photo editors can do.

The beautiful color of Flamingoes (and a number of other colorful birds) is acquired from their diet. The small crustaceans and algae that the flamingoes eat contain carotinoid and other natural pigments that are processed in the body and deposited in the growing feathers. (Carotene is one of the most common carotinoid pigments and is what makes Carrots and other vegetables orange in color.) Only specific red chemical compounds will color Flamingoes. This means that you can't turn a Flamingo blue by feeding it blue colored food. At the zoo we add a product called Roxanthin Red to their food. This is what gives Flamingoes their bright "Pink" color.

-from the Honolulu Zoo

Flamingo Painting

Of course we can't forget Alice in Wonderland and the flamingo used as a croquet mallet.

Alice and Flamingo T-Shirt-  I want this shirt.

FLAMINGOS

Flamingos are found in Africa, Asia, North America, Central America, South America, and Europe. They inhabit the edges of lakes and swamps where they can eat shrimp, algae, and other small creatures that live in shallow water.Also can be found in the Bahamas.

Jackson, Florida

Long time ago I used to think that plastic pink flamingos were tacky. Now I love them!! One time we got "flocked" by our church and found tons of flamingos on our yard. It was a fun raiser and someone paid for us to be flocked. We flocked another family that was good friends. lol

 Long time ago I used to think that plastic pink flamingos  were tacky.  Now I love them!!  One time we got "flocked" by our church and found tons of flamingos on our yard.  It was a fun raiser and someone paid for us to be flocked.  We flocked another family that was good friends. lol

Looks like they got flocked too.

Since Flamingos are considered retro and stuff from the 40's and 50's are popular again you can find all sorts of flamingo stuff.  I personally have P.J's, stuff flamingo, a welcome sign (like the one I'm showing) and a very cool vase that I got from a thrift store.

What is wrong with this flamingo?

Flamingoes get the color pink by eating lots and lots of shrimp. That is why you can find them with different amounts of pink. This flamingo hasn't had enough shrimp lately. Shrimp sounds good to me too!!

Flamingos 2 Here