My parents were big into the whole nature thing when I was a kid: camping, hiking, nature walks, etc.
Instead of trips to Disney World, we went to the Sleeping Bear Dunes and stayed at a campsite with classes for children that taught about ecosystems (ask my Dad to tell you the story of how I impressed the instructors with my knowledge of vultures, he loves that one). While my classmates were at home watching Darkwing Duck after school, I was in the woods with my Dad learning the difference between a pine and a spruce tree. I've always been good at spotting animals, but no one has ever been impressed by that skill until Patrick. He says its like a Disney Princess skill. If only the animals would sing and clean for me, too...
(photo by Disney)
Whenever our family went off on a hike, I would always stop to look at the Parks & Rec bulletin board in the parking lot covered with maps, brochures and notices. I put all the animal pictures together to resemble on of those nature brochures. Here's my project, chronicling all the animals I saw on May 14th:
The only thing I love more than animals are animals wearing clothes. I know its kind of a form of torture, but I secretly love to put weird stuff on my cats and watch them stumble around. If you share this feeling, check out stuffonmycat.com for a good laugh. My clothing items of choice are a polo shirt and a Captain Jack Sparrow pirate hat (both made for small dogs to wear). Here is a very forgiving Dora wearing a pink ribbon I found.
Her Disney skill is looking like Marie from the Aristocats.
This is what Dora is thinking in the photo above ------>
...or maybe she's thinking "Get this piece of crap off me,"
...or maybe she's thinking "Get this piece of crap off me,"
(image from www.fanpop.com)
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