Friday, April 23, 2010

The Fascination With Flamingos


Nearly everyone knows what flamingos look like ---pink birds with long legs. You can see them at just about every zoo. You can find them in storybooks. Alice uses flamingos as croquet mallets in Through the Looking Glass (by Lewis Carroll). Images of flamingos, standing under palm trees, appear in paperweights and snow globes. Plastic flamingos make colorful lawn ornaments!! But did you know that some flamingos live high up in the Andes Mountains of South America? Flamingos can swim, and flamingos can fly. Ornithologists (scientists who sturdy birds) spent many years arguing whether flamingos are more like ducks, or more like storks, until they decided that flamingos belong in a group by themselves. There are 5 species of flamingos that occur throughout the world. The greater flamingo is as tall as a grown-up person is. The lesser flamingo is as tall as a first-grader. Bet you didn't know that!!
Come and take a gander (oop's! that's a male goose) at our cute Flamingo Earrings on Handmade Jewelry Haven's Artfire page and be sure to check out the beautiful Pink Lampwork Bracelet that matches them!!
Custom beaded jewelry,lampwork jewelry

4 comments:

  1. Great site! Thanks for following my blog, I'm following you back! :)

    Jenna
    www.momsbalancingact.com

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  2. Lisa, I love your Flamingo jewelry! I've always had a fascination with flamingos ever since my trips to the zoo as a child. These are way cute!

    I found your blog via Kell's blog Beadativity! She's a dear friend and I look forward to getting to know you too! Have a terrific day!

    Dawn
    http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com

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  3. Thank you both for becoming 'Followers!'
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    Lisa

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  4. Jewelry is very personal. You have shown your jewelry in a fascinating way. You could also browse through angara.com . There are affordable jewelry options that they have and one could also get them customized as they want.

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