A Day in the Life
Oct. 29th, 2004 10:13 amSome pictures I took during my long day yesterday.
Guess what state I live in.

This is the nicest collection of shaggy manes (Coprinus comatus) I've ever encountered.

In animal care jargon, this is known as "environmental enrichment." In layman's terms, it's a "huge pain in the ass."

Yesterday was our Halloween event "Tales of the Night."

Some of the animals get the spotlight in seasonal style:

Some of the staff has fun dressing up as animals:

Visitors get the rare chance to meet our creatures of the night, at night:

We get to express our senses of humor, for a bit:

("Turkzilla" is alternately baffling and delightful to the visitors.)

We all work a long long day. (This shot, of a fantasically beautiful night landscape of the farm, shows the limitations of point-and-shoot digital photography, and the photoshop skill of
cottonmanifesto: the photo, with the levels unaltered, was a white dot on a black background.)

Guess what state I live in.

This is the nicest collection of shaggy manes (Coprinus comatus) I've ever encountered.

In animal care jargon, this is known as "environmental enrichment." In layman's terms, it's a "huge pain in the ass."

Yesterday was our Halloween event "Tales of the Night."

Some of the animals get the spotlight in seasonal style:

Some of the staff has fun dressing up as animals:

Visitors get the rare chance to meet our creatures of the night, at night:

We get to express our senses of humor, for a bit:

("Turkzilla" is alternately baffling and delightful to the visitors.)

We all work a long long day. (This shot, of a fantasically beautiful night landscape of the farm, shows the limitations of point-and-shoot digital photography, and the photoshop skill of

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Date: 2004-10-29 09:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-29 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-29 12:54 pm (UTC)That groundhog has (along with her partner in crime, the rabbit) destroyed 3 computer cables, one coffee mug (mine), and a whole row of (mostly unused and ignored) books. she's very cute, but when she's in the office, I call her "wreckin' ball."
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Date: 2004-10-31 03:19 pm (UTC)