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June is
Pride
month, and as a special favor for Dylan we had Kogi and Zeppo paint rainbow pictures for a silent auction. He did an amazing job helping to organize the events for the second ever Pride Festival here in our town (including the first annual Pride Parade!), so it was amazing to support him in his endeavors.And the second photo is just a sweet moment between my parrot love and I ♥
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The first day of summer!!! I had to go shopping so ended up taking some photos of things that reminded me of the season ahead - rainbow kayaks, fat little succulents in the garden center, and also apparently the overly chatty and helpful greeter perched atop his scooter.
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The bridge lit with rainbow lights for the Pride Festival.
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The first annual Pride Parade in our town! We drank heavily, watched people marching in the parade and sporting their rainbow colors, and then drank some more. It was WONDERFUL!
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Raindrops on my window.
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I pulled a shift in the Caribbean Wing and took some pictures of these cuties pies. They're so pretty!!
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One of the musk turtles in the cenote pool of the Caribbean Wing.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends (but in real life).
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Chalk art in a coffee shop (I appreciate good pigeon art).
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There was a lovely full moon over the ocean. It felt like the perfect summer night.
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So I wanted to take a photo of a popsicle because I thought, what's more summery than that? However, the only popsicles we had were these bizarre, skinny pencil pops. And that ended up looking INCREDIBLY phallic, like even more so that a rocket pop or something else of that caliber. And then I decided to take photos of it in my mouth and then sort of between my feet and I just...I can't. I don't know, but here are my photos for the day (though I do like the colors of the second photo a lot).
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We do several feeding recalls a day with our birds - one of the most fun ones is for our blue crowned mot-mots. We hold little pinkie mice between our fingers and puff two blasts on a whistle to signal that food is available. They then swoop down in an impressive loop to grab the food right from our hands - SO COOL!!
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Our house number fell off the wall and we...never put it back up. The pizza guy got really mad at us. But CLEARLY it's still there, just buried in a waterlogged flowerpot! A tender reminder of the Matagorda Mansion as the date to move out neared.
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Scarlett the pretty girl. When she arrived she was a little bit of a monster - aggressive, overexcitable, and incredibly hard to read. But now she's so good and I love her (but I loved her before, too).
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A Portland sunset.
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We went to an Office themed quiz! The decorations were apt - with office supplies on each table and terribly colored balloons to emulate the birthday party that Dwight and Jim threw Kelly. There was even a large banner that read "THIS IS THE QUIZ." It was SO MUCH FUN, but really hard! There was a $5 buy-in and whoever won got the whole pot (that was not us, we were like eleventh or something). At one point we did win this Office sign during a bonus challenge, which was cool!!
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Earlier in the week my parents made the incredibly tough and heartbreaking decision to euthanize my first dog, Taffy. I had to work the day they did it, and I didn't want to know what time she was being put down. I just asked for them to make it her best day ever. It was the correct move considering that she was about 15 years old, a bit senile, and suffering from liver failure - she had already lived several months longer than anyone expected and I was able to see her last Christmas (where we also made paw print ornaments with her). However, I was still very upset (of course). Knowing that I was having a hard week and that I loved poodles, Andie asked me to come help out at the weekend dog training class and to work with Frida, this beautiful red poodle puppy. It was a lot of fun and, like always, ended in a puppy swimming party. I got an iced coffee, cuddled with Frida, and hung out with Andie and knew things were going to be okay. Miss Taffy so much, and whenever I see a photo of her my heart pangs, but I know she was in a lot of pain and it was the best decision. She couldn't live forever. I love you, little Tiffoh.
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Move-in day!! I finally moved into my new apartment, my first one ever on my own! Dylan helped me load up the moving van at the old place and then we headed out on the open road to my new apartment complex. That was when I was first introduced to THE CUBAN. My neighbor was a shirtless, old, cuban man hanging out in his lawn chair in the front yard with a table tray full of Coronas and a speaker system BLARING tejano music. It was insane. We hurriedly unloaded the van under his watchful eye and then picked up Dylan's sectional from his storage unit that he was donating to me. Then the next wave came to help - Sean - where we attempted to move the incredibly heavy and awkward sectional into my new living room. This is where Cuban neighbor (I still can't remember his name) helped us to rotate and heave the couch into its proper place and then offered us beers. He spoke only in Spanish and asked slightly creepy questions like if I was living alone, if Sean was my boyfriend, if I had kids, and (finally) if I wanted to go to Walmart with him later. NO THANKS. Sean told me sincerely he hoped I didn't get murdered and then left to get ice-cream. THANKS, SEAN. Luckily I'm still kickin' in my new apartment and my Cuban neighbor is more of just a kooky oddball than anything.
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There were two phases of an amazing sunset this night, which is why I wanted to compile them both into one image. My new porch has a great view of the park behind the complex, so I get to see the uninhibited sunset every night.
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The Matagorda Mansion had an amazing chalkboard wall that everyone would write and draw on when they came to our house - for parties, movie nights, orphan Christmases, volunteer appreciation dinners, the whole shebang. By the time we all moved out the message board was filled with doodles, messages, and signatures that remind me just how amazing the household was. It was truly the end of an era and I will miss it dearly ♥
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