Today's Columbus Dispatch had an article that stated that
Ohio ranks 17th in obesity and percentage of people overweight. I'm actually pretty surprised that it is that low in the rankings. We were at the Columbus zoo on July 20th and while I was waiting for half of our family to catch up to where we were (we arrived at separate times), I sat on a bench and did some people watching. I was horrified to notice the percentage of very LARGE adults waddling by with their very large children - most of them munching away on junk food and super-sized soft drinks. Thus, I did a photo study of a sorts - mostly to remind myself that I should continue to exercise every day and to eat healthy foods in reasonable portions. Here are some of those photos to remind my blog readers to take it one step at a time and stay healthy longer! (Sorry if you find these photos offensive, but we do need to change our collective habits, I think).
Ok - I can't leave a post with that imagery, so here are a couple of other photos to make up for soap box preaching.
The Columbus Zoo is actually a very nice place to visit when one is focusing on the landscaping and animal exhibits.
I always enjoy seeing the flamingos.
African penguins were molting. I prefer seeing these in South Africa in the wild, but seeing them at the zoo brings back good memories of past field seasons.
Lorikeets - again, pleasant memories of trips to Australia.
Asian river otters were ready for supper and wanted into their dens for the evening. "Feed me!"
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