So the monkey took a little stroll down memory lane today and headed out to the annual air show at Miramar. There he joined about 100,000 (this is no exaggeration) of his closest friends for some spectacular aerobatics and dozens of vintage military aircraft that were on display. There was plenty of food, drinks, and military memorabilia on sale that you could pick through when your neck wasn’t cranked up looking at the sky as some screaming jet or helicopter went zooming past.
This inviting spot at San Diego’s Safari Park is located in the World Gardens section of the zoo. It’s far away from the crowds and tourist monkeys scampering all over the more popular attractions and Kongo likes to sit on a little bench under a big pine tree there and listen to the birds. He thinks this is a good image to add to Ailsa’s “Inviting” travel theme this week.
Monkeys like the night so this week’s Word Press Photo Challenge was right up Kongo’s tree house. The San Diego skyline just after sunset on a clear day is always a great photo subject. Kongo snapped this image Thursday evening from Harbor Island, just across from the San Diego airport, taking several time exposure images at different exposures then blending them together to make this HDR rendition. Some critics have said the San Diego skyline resembles a smile with several missing teeth. I get their point but I still like it! See more nighttime images at the challenge page. Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime
So this is the scene from Kongo’s backyard as CalFire airplanes attack a brush fire in the Mission Trails Regional Park. What a week! The monkey has no idea how the fire started but is happy that the ever alert forestry professionals were on top of the situation and pretty much beat this one down with an air assault.
So Kongo went to school today. Actually, he wand to Band Camp at San Diego State University with ten advanced and aspiring tuba players. Kongo’s good friend, Brent, is a professor of music at SDSU and after several glasses of wine on the patio last night they came up with the great idea of the monkey tagging along to see band camp and take some pictures.
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