Sunday, June 15, 2008

So Long, Hank Lloyd Wright...

Hank-O the Fish, Betta extraordinaire and Attack-Fish of the first order, was found at the bottom of the tank yesterday afternoon. The betta spendens, best known for threatening any creature that came up the stairs, had previously been treated for fin-rot a month prior to his decease. It had recurred, but the fighter survived only one treatment.
Burial services were held in a secret location and a memorial took place last night as the news was broken to younger members of the household.
He is survived by his tankmates, danios Cheech, Boink, and Doink.

RoRo got over it pretty much instantaneoulsy.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Balloon Science

At the family reunion (you can see Grandpa Gene and Ben in the background, Uncle Gavin's tattoos in the foreground) RoRo found a balloon that escaped from another reunion in a neighboring shelter. He decided it needed more air and held it up to a fan until he was satisfied with it's volume. That was so cute!

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Dinosaur Walk Museum

On Monday, we took RoRo and two of his cousins on a little trip to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. The first thing we did was stop by Dinosaur Walk Museum, an attraction with about 50 dinosaur replicas in really nice, realistic settings. I especially like the little dino dining on the possum ; )


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Ripley's Aquarium


Ripley's Aquarium in Gatlinburg was one of the best we've seen. There is a moving walkway through a huge tank that features several different kinds of sharks and rays-- we had to do that twice, it was so cool!

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RoRo at Ripley's

Here are some pics of RoRo at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg.

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Racing Hair

While in Pigeon Forge, we couldn't resist a round on one of the many go-cart tracks. When we were done, RoRo had "racing hair!"
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Little Boy, Big World
























Taken at Hinds Creek, June 2008.
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