Kiss Pokemon

#NatureTwinning Part 58

Pink-Backed Pelican--Tuesday, 5/1/18

I enjoyed wearing this bird blouse with a vest and long necklace.  It gave a subtle 1970s vibe or something.  And of course I'm usually pleased with an outfit that can be described as "black and white with a bright colored skirt or pants," so there's that.

Outfit cost per wear (OCPW): $10.58

Of course, this photo doesn't show the area of its back that gives it the colorful English common name, and I think the scientific name Pelecanus refescens (reddish penguin) is a stretch. But you can see the grey plumage (French: pelican gris).  This is one of the smallest of the 8 pelican species (Afrikaans: klein pelikaan).

What's striking to me about this bird?  The aging rocker eye-liner.  Hence, the Jagger pelican.

Henry Doorly Zoo

Angel Wing Begonia--Wednesday, 5/2/18

I've become fond of this burgundy jeans + burgundy suede flats combination.  These shoes had languished a bit after I bought them, but the addition of these jeans to my wardrobe has put the shoes more strongly into the rotation.

A woman from the HR department declared, "I need your shoes.  They match my dress perfectly.  [True.] Where did you get them?"  And I had to let her down that they are old.

OCPW: $12.60

Sometimes plants are so well labeled that no half-assed Internet detective work is necessary to identify them.  The angel wing begonia (named for the shape of the leaves) was developed when an amateur breeder crossed a Brazilian begonia and a privately-owned Swiss begonia in 1926.  It is mind-boggling to consider that there are 1,500 begonia species and 10,000 hybrids.

Missouri Botanical Garden

In other news...Yesterday was another Community Day for Pokemon Go, so we joined the throngs of people playing at the fairgrounds from 1-4.  There were several other events there, including an antique motorcycle show and a horse show.

We encountered a visitor to the motorcycle show on our peregrinations who asked us, "Why are there so many people walking around looking at their phones?"  This time we did not have to explain what Pokemon Go is.

We also were passed at high speed by a group of 3 Pokemon-playing boys who were accompanied by some 1980s-sounding music, which was confusing until Robert said (unprompted), "That's the music from the Pokemon TV show."  How Robert knows these things...well, that's one of the great mysteries.

I was reminded that even 80 F can be unpleasantly warm when you're walking around in the afternoon right after the rain stops and the sun comes out at max brightness.  That extremely high humidity + full sun combination is bad.  After about an hour, I was very thirsty and discovered that we had left our drinks in the car...oops.  Luckily there was a functional (if not cold) water fountain visible about half a block away when I realized this.  (If you're wondering why I waited an hour until desperate for a drink to look for one, then you've not experienced the intense Pokemon-catching of a Community Day first-hand.)

Every Community Day has a featured Pokemon, and this time it was Larvitar...who appropriately in this post with the Jagger pelican above wears some rock-star eyeliner of his own. Let's call him the Kiss Pokemon.

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