May Photo Challenge!

[Mr Kirby]

How about animals (including birds fish, aliens, whatever!), local and exotic to your part of the world? Natural feel or stage managed, wild or domestic. What variety cn this give?

[Mr Kirby]

Here's some to get the ball rolling! (or let the cat out of the bag!)

[Mr Kirby]

Except of course I mucked it up. Try again! How many can you identify?

[Kelly]

you have aliens near your?! ;)

sounds good to me.

meerkat
lemur
otter
? antelope or young deer
beautiful ducks (2)
and penguins right before

[Mandi]

I like our menagerie so far but now, predictably, I want to play too... name these please!

M
xx

[Mr Kirby]

Guessing a blue goat's head possibly the aliens inhabiting your part of the world???, wolf, canine companion with footballing tendencies, arachnid, and a wise owl! Did you carve and create? Impressed!

[Mr Kirby]

A friend invited me round to see his collection of corn snakes, and a Royal Python, enjoying a summery day exploring the little apple tree in his back garden.

A snake in the grass!!

[Mandi]

Hey! You cheated! We are supposed to identify the photos - snakes! See, I knew, I knew!

I am loving this month's project... wicked colour on the orange cornsnake!

By the way - the purple goat was supposed to be a dragon. (I am in Wales, you could have guessed that possibly?)

The carved animals were on a bridge over a canal in a park in Watford. This is a town in Southern England that is not noting for its rural beauty! The paddling dog was at the same location.

Now enough reptiles for the minute... here's Roxy my children's rabbit

[Kelly]

you have a bunny?! wonderful :))
we've got guinea pigs, rats, cat, turtle... and I haven't done this yet!

[auer]

I decided to take liberty with the May challenge albeit quite late that I am. My animals are quite steamed with fabulous cajun spices of New Orleans, Louisiana, a state in southeastern US. I had fun extracting the background and then adding my own.

[Kelly]

oh no! heh :)
did you cook them? looks like a lot of work to get to the meat...
a beautiful red though.

[auer]

They were steamed at home by our friends who hosted us. It is indeed a lot of work but well worth the effort. It also gives the diner a whopping good chance to work out hostilities or other worries as s/he digs through the bones to pull out the meat. That and a good beer or glass of tea to go with it, whatever your preference.
The colors pleased me. Thanks for noticing.

[Kelly]

heh! yes, that and a beer sound like a good recipe for ending a frustrating day.