Thursday, May 20, 2010

THEY REALLY CAN JUMP HIGH

I've been seeing more wind vanes around town. I am sure it is due, in no small part, to the worldwide interest generated by our series. Today's offering is a Porpoise still referred to as a Dolphin in these parts. Some may even call him Flipper but they would really be dating themselves. Not that I would know anything about that, you understand.

21 comments:

  1. Are you saying that you googled 'dolphin' to find famous ones?!! :-)
    I like the copper glow.

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  2. A dolphin by any other name is still a dolphin! I must look for some vanes when I go to the country.

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  3. Who's Flipper? ;)

    Wow! I think that is the first dolphin I've ever seen jump over a house!

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  4. Just what I love, a post with a 'porpuse'. ( :

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  5. I am sure your series has helped re-ignite the wind vane craze of South Florida!

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  6. Beautiful contrast with the wonderful blue sky!
    Léia

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  7. Wow!! Poor fellow, he jumped so high he got speared by W-E. MB

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  8. :) this is so beautifully captured!

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  9. We have a bunch of comedians on CDP, don't we? And a lot of them are from up north and have never seen dolphins jumping over houses and stuffs.

    Re alleys - I heard that's where cats play, and I've always wanted to see what alley cats do when they think no one's around to watch.

    But I couldn't find any alley cats, so I took a picture a staircase instead.

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  10. You really have to find a house with a nice mural and a fancy weather vane!

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  11. You have the best sense of humor and a great eye to spot these fabulous vanes and mailboxes

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  12. Hey now, Flipper was one of my favorite shows!

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  13. You got a beautiful shot of this one, and I love the coppery color, too. It's great to have Google to help us find phrases and names that old people would use. I have one on my next Astoria post tomorrow. Nope. Not that *I* remember when it was in vogue.

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  14. I suppose this means dolphins have a good sense of direction...

    Thanks for visiting Norwich Daily Photo and leaving your comment. See you tomorrow!

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  15. Lessee now....
    "Flipper" was on when your Yugo was new...

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  16. Wow, he did jump far! I prefer the word dolphin to porpoise, but I'm not sure why.

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  17. Funny!

    I think Dolphin is a prettier word, but without as much porpoise.

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  18. Lordy I'm relieved you've got past that snake business and are now back to dolphins/porposes/Flipper.

    Ahhhh Reclining Nude by Modigliani. Nice one.
    V

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  19. Flipper!! Uh-oh...I've dated myself. **sigh** NIce find.

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  20. Flipper! I almost forgot about it! :-)

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