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December 7, 2007
The Birthday Penguin
One of the coolest things about living where we do in the Rocky Mountains is the Birthday Party Company. They're right up the road from us. Just a little hand painted sign on a small ranch/farm place in the valley that rents out animals for birthday parties. Horses, ponies, alpacas, llamas, and believe-it-or-not penguins.
Now, probably in most parts of the country, penguins wouldn't do very well, but they love the winter here. The guy has a pond that they swim in with a heated "penguin door" that keeps the ice open so they can swim even if the pond is frozen.
So, of course, we rented a penguin for Jennifer's birthday party. They dropped him off early because we're supposed to get dumped on this weekend and they have pretty busy schedule, apparently. Who knew?
There's a picture(above) of Jennifer playing with "Mumbles"(?) in the front yard before she went to school this morning. (Click on photo for larger version) She sooo did not want to go in but I made her. This is our conversation on the way into school this morning:
"Daddy, make sure he doesn't get too cold, ok?"
"Jennifer - they're from the North Pole"
"The South Pole."
"Whatever. My point is they're used to cold weather. He's not going to freeze to death in the garage while you're at school."
"Don't forget to feed him daddy."
"I'm not going near that thing. He stinks. You can feed him when you get home."
"Can we put him on the sled and pull him behind the 4-wheeler after school?"
"We'll see...."
The good thing is she's not spoiled!
Update: This is a hoax.
I was just farking around. Jennifer asked me to Photoshop a penguin into a photo with her and put it on her birthday cake, so we shot her out front this morning in the snow with her stuffed penguin and I added the real Emperor Penguin chick (over about 3 hours or so). Time well spent - I know.
More details in extended entry.
Probably not the smartest thing I've ever done because now people will look at my photos and wonder if they're real. In any event, the Photoshop was just to make a cake for her. Then, I decided to pull a little joke. I fooled a lot of people. Even had some people show up today wanting to see the penguin. :)
For the record, penguins are a "protected species". So, they're not endangered, but you can't walk into a Petsmart and get one either. It might be possible to get one legally, but it wouldn't be easy.
These are the images I started with:
Posted by Rob Kiser on December 7, 2007 at 10:42 AM
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yaa sure
Posted by: The Chick Voice on December 7, 2007 at 12:04 PM
For the record, penguins are a "protected species". So, they're not endangered, but you can't walk into a Petsmart and get one either. It might be possible to get one legally, but it wouldn't be easy.
When penguins are outlawed, only outlaws will have penguins.
Posted by: N.P.A. on December 13, 2007 at 8:38 AM