This guy obviously agrees!
The Flaming Goes are pairing up.
Getting ready for Valentines Day!
Some are already dating…..
While others think it wiser,
to go out in a group.
But all Goes dine.
No matter how hard it is to swallow!
The Flaming Goes send you cheers & wish you a Happy Valentines Day~
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Wonderful photos!! Cher xo
Happy Valentines Day & thank you!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, Cindy! 🙂
<3
Wow, these flamingos are stunning!
Birds beauty just consistently amazes me! So glad you agree~
I’d never seen their bills close up, what an engineering design!
Pretty amazing engineering, I agree. All birds are amazing, living, flying machines!
I love these, what a magnificent bird for Valentine’s Day!
They set up the shots trust me! 😉
Wow! What a photography!
Why thank you! Most appreciated~
What beautiful photography! Gorgeous!
It’s almost cheating when the subjects are this beautiful! 😉
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Merci beaucoup~
Il n’y a pas de quoi
Happy Valentine’s Day in advance to you as well Cindy! Fabulous close-ups of the Goes here. I just love being able to see the sparkle in their eyes! 🙂
Getting the eyes in the Lesser Flamingos was really hard, so thank you for noticing. The Lessers are the pale guys. Their eyes and feathers are pale, so I worked really had to get the eyes clearly. Usually with their heads down it was just dark. Thank you so much my friend for noticing!
Aw, you’re very welcome, and thank you for the info about the Lessors. Love learning new things about our avian friends. I’ve always had a habit of always trying to look in bird’s eyes ever since noticing how much they can radiate personality and intelligence in the parrots I’ve had over the years. Now my parrot does that to me too… gets right up into my face! Lol 😀
They are beautiful. Love the colors of their pink and peach toned beaks, graceful necks and soft feathered bodies.
Aren’t they exquisite! Such beautiful creatures. So happy you agree~
Absolutely beautiful photos..!
Awww, you are such a good blogging friend~
Just the truth ^.^/
Looks like anything Goes for Valentine’s day….flaming good photos, Cindy!
Laughing! I was worried people might just think I was mispelling, as I am regularly prone to do! 😉
happy valentine’s day cindy! i think i see a turtle dining too..
You do??? I am going to look now. Cheers to you my friend~ <3
maybe it;s something else, but the last 2 pictures..next to last he’s in the middle and the last one he’s behind
OMG!!! This is the first time someone saw something I totally missed! I am going to look at the pics I didn’t post to see if I have a clearer pic of Mr. Turtle. Thank you for your awesome eyes!!! Love it! <3
Absolutely stunning!! I love flamingos! Perhaps even enough to be one’s Valentine <3
I would totally be that confused guys Valentine! I thought of it when I posted. Great minds think alike….or something. 😉
I think flamingoes are so fun, they way they gaggle around in a group. A beautiful bird, if a bit comical looking, you have captured them perfectly. Happy Valentine’s Day!
And to you my friend. I always look forward to your lovely posts and kind comments! ,3
Wow Cindy stunning Valentine sweethearts! Happy Valentine’s day! <3
Matched pairs aren’t they!! 😉
Oh yes and so beautiful! They are so happy looking together! 😀
I just hope it lasts! 😉
Wonderful shots, great close up. When I was a kid, I used to chase them up at my uncles farm dam, then lie on my back and watch them fly over me, they are stunning with those pink wings from underneath. Did a few circles and landed again.
Yes! I took photos of them flying in Patagonia. Such an incredibly beautiful sight. Once I saw it, I spooked them by walking close just to see their gorgeous flight!
LOL!
awesome pictures <3 Happy Valentines Day to you too Cindy 🙂
Visa versa 2 U X 2!
What a joy this was looking at these beautiful flamingos!
Their coloring makes them so unique and just exquisite. So happy you enjoyed them!
Oh yes… I been thinking about you Cindy and how I want to present the NDE information I am receiving, in a way that those that don’t want their names included but I can still weave the proofs of guidance and NDEs together.
As a little girl who had a spiritual experience, I noticed the same thing from most I have spoken to so far. Maybe I should translate all this information into a spiritual young adult reader for those that are experiencing what we did as kids, but didn’t have a resource to make sense of it.
There is something here and I am waiting for it to be revealed while I work on getting my book done.
Anyways, thoughts and inspirations…You are very special and have gifts that are out of this world!
I will follow what you develop with great interest and respect. Please keep me updated and I am so very grateful that we have connected.
~ Happy Valentines Day to you too.dear Cindy !!!
Loved the flamingo assembly on the reflective waters and their graceful,suggestive … postures!This vermillion colour on their white feathers is out of this world 🙂 xxx
When they fly it is sooo beautiful! They are just gorgeous birds! Very glad you agree~
Lotsa Luv 🙂
Back 2 U X 2! And thank you for your important blog~
They’re so beautiful!
Lucky Goes! 😉
Beautiful photos! I love flamingos!
Yay! I love flamingo lovers! 😉
Cindy thanks for the wonderful photographs.
Thank you my friend for the kind appreciation~
I love that “Flaming Goes” I’m going to teach that to my next grandchild. It will be cute to see them struggle with not using that term when they become an adult! Oh, excellent photos!
That and flutterbyes are a must I think to guarantee your progeny have conflicts with their preschool teachers!! 😉 😉
Ha!!
They look so graceful.
Leslie
They really are, in the water and in the air. On the ground? Not so much…… 😉
Happy Valentine’s to you, Cindy! Wonderful shots.
Merci beaucoup!
Hi Cindy,
Where did you get these shots? …they’re fabulous! …:)
At what I still call The Wild Animal Park, but what is now called The Safari Park. The animals are in the wides open spaces which I love.
I love the Goes…flaming beauties struttin around, showing off to their dates. 😍
They got it going on, and frankly, I am jealous.
Cindy, these flamingo pictures are awesome. Thank you! Wishing you a happy V-Day! Hugs! Veraiconica
Hugs back 2 U X 2! <3
beautiful photos and lovely message:)
Awww, so kind. Cheers to you~
hugs and prayers for you Cindy 🙂
I need them. Thank you.
So cute and I love the pictures.
I am very glad you do & cheers too~
these flamingos are absolutely beautiful..their salmon pink color just warms your heart and soul…
They do, don’t they. I think we are supposed to notice them! 😉
What a nice Valentines Day present Cindy. Thank you. And a Happy Valentines Day to you. –Curt
Merci beaucoup Curt!
And a Happy Valentine’s to you, Cindy. Love the bright electric eyes!
Love the phrase “electric eyes.” It is a perfect descriptor!
grande eleganza per questi magnifici aironi fiammati!
Mil grazi il mio amico!
I swear that pic of the face of the flamingo is perfect, like the bird posed..,
He wondered what the heck I was doing! 😉
he did have that look in his eyes! Who are you?
Awww…..too cute! (ɔ◔‿◔)ɔ ♥
So glad! Love your emoticons~
Wonderful images:)
Very pleased you enjoyed them~
Perfection in pink. 🙂
Lucky duckies! 😉
Beautiful photos!!
Happy Valentine’s Day for you, Cindy 🙂 <3
And to you my friend, with appreciation~
Thanks Cindy, what magnificent birds, so well photographed!
Pleased as punch that you like them!
ist das schön, beste Grüße, Klaus
Vielen danke Klaus und Freundschaft!
Stunning photos and reminds me of my friends granddaughter who I gave a flamingo to and then she saw a drawing and called them pinks! These are ver flaming pink! Love to all for Valentines Day.
Pinks is such a great name! It sums them up perfectly~
Beautiful way to say happy valentine’s day. Happy valentine’s day to you too!
Awwww, thanks much! <3
Well it’s a darn good thing they have those pretty pink feathers because they have really scary and freaky eyes. I’d never noticed that before, eeeeeek. Excellent photo’s Cindy.
Laughing! We are different in what we find scary. I love bird eyes. They seem so observant. Rattlesnake eyes,now those I find scary……But I do know what you mean!
Number two photo is a heart-stopper!
You know what surprised me about that one? It was the nostrils that are so open, you could see the sky through them sideways. With their heads constantly under water, the water must just flow through their beaks. I bet they do a lot of filter feeding. I am very pleased you liked it!
I just went back to check that out. That is very cool! I can’t believe I didn’t see it the first time when it is so obvious now!
Their colours are stunning.
Mother Nature has a pretty incredible eye for color!
That opening image is a stunning capture.
I love it that he was studying me in such a perplexed way, like why the heck is she hanging around here! Laughing…..
Love these beautiful colors. Is this at the San Diego zoo?
It is at the San Diego Safari Park, which is run by the zoo~
Happy Valentine’s Day to you also Cindy.
Ahhh, many thanks my friend!
Amazing shots, Cindy. They really made me smile. 🙂
Awwww, then mission accomplished!
You got me on this one…. I was Googling “Flaming Goes” as I had never heard of that type of bird before…. then the penny dropped… duh!!! Now I won’t be able to look at a flamingo again without thinking of your beautiful Flaming Goes photos!!!!
Ahhhh, this makes me smile too! So very nice of you~
That first shot, with the weird tilt angle…is perfect! What a picture. Does anyone know why they are so red? Is it their diet, maybe? Or is that their natural color?
In any event…stunning photos. As usual! 🙂
You are most kiind and yes, it is their diet. They are born gray. If they eat algae. insect larvae and crustaceans that contain pigments called carotenoids, then their color becomes more intense.
So it’s as true for flamingos as it is for humans, “You are what you eat!” 🙂
Sadly, yes, A fact I am confronted with every time I stand on the scale. :'( 😉
great photos, I particularly love the first one!
He’s got a lot on his mind doesn’t he! So glad you enjoyed~
Always one of my favorite birds, I loved looking at your photos of these beautiful flamingos!
Really happy you did & cheers to you~
It really is hard to swallow… My Goodness. I have never seen flamingo photos this beautiful!
I have. Everytime I visit your blog! <3
<3
I love flamingoes!! Your photos are terrific! Thank you and Happy Valentines Day to you.
Visa versa 2 U and thank you 2!
Those flamingos are so beautiful!
Lucky duckies! 😉
ha amazingg photosss of beautiful flamigooos <3 jus want to say thanks cindy for always liking my posts!!
it is because they are always good~
Happy Valentine’s Day!
The Flamingos seem to live in Valentines. … they are valentines!
I am so thinking about you.
Amazing images, Cindy. These are such wonderfully bizarre birds.
Yes, and I am bizarre enough to capture them well! 😉
Cool pictures of those birds!
You are such a good friend. <3
Fabulous photographs! What fun.
If this was fun for you, my respected friend, than I am very glad I posted.
Spectacular!!! You have captured their personalities along with their beauty!! Hugs coming across the waves…
I so miss you. It is ridiculous. Please tell me where to find your posts……
I am here! Stay tuned. Just finishing up a project! Hugs coming your way!
<3 <3 Good!
Gorgeous Goes! I particularly love the dating pictures.And the first one takes the prize!
Those goes, they tell us where to go, don’t they! 😉 😉
How are you getting these incredible shots… Fantastic!
I would suspect the same way you cook your amazing food that is art, have your chez….., live in Germany and Orcas land, have your store, your daughter, your goats, your dogs. It’s always so good to hear from you! Like a breeze of goodness~
I absolutely love the first photo and what a curious sweet face. Beautiful birds and great shots. TY for sharing this.
Thank you more for the kind appreciation & cheers to you!
They are very beautiful – such gorgeous colours!
The Lesser Flamingos are paler, more subtle, hence harder to photograph, but so very lovely. Very glad you liked them~
Liebe Cindy sehr schöne Fotos sind dir wieder mal gelungen sehr schön anzusehen einen schönen Mittwoch mit ganz lieben Grüßen in Freundschaft Klaus mache jetzt eine Karneval Pause Klaus
Vielen danke Klaus und Freundschaft! <3
I do not think I have ever seen such lovely photos of flamingoes – serious – the color and the different angles and clarity – so wonderful Cindy
Awwww, so kind and very encouraging. Thanks much and be well~
thanks – and I have never been this close to birds – and well – you have a good eye – and good camera. lol
Excellent post 🙂 , Cindy! Bravo. Thanks for sharing. Kamila
Thank you for commenting & cheers too!
great shots…love flamingos 🙂
I know they would especially love your ears! I know I do~ 😉
Photos that are creating many smiles 🙂
Makes it so rewarding! <3
Love that opening shot ~ it is like he is asking “whacha doin’?!?” ~ great tilt of the head and perfect introduction to this series.
I think birds think we are the one’s with the ‘bird brains'” and who can blame em!
Ha, ha…so true!
Absolutely stunning.
Most thoughtful of you and very appreciated too~
incredible photos
People like you are the reason I blog! Thank you~
Your blog is incredible Cindy…. Always a joy 🙂 thank you!
This is such a wonderful, breathtaking set of shots, Cindy. Simply gorgeous, every one. 🙂
Awwww, so motivating and most encouraging! Thank you my friend~
… and true! 🙂
Stunning captures, Cindy. I love watching flamingoes. And a most appropriate Valentine’s symbol. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too! 😀
Visa Versa 2 U x 2! <3
Wow… the Flamingos’ head feathers are like plushy fleece. Thank you for that big close-up shot!
Very glad you enjoyed it!
Man, these are so gorgeous! I love the pinks! 😀
I love them too, and your last photo. That was serious art.
Gorgeous.
They are, all creatures, great and small~
Excelente imagini! Superbe! Thanks for visiting!
Thank you more for such kind words!
Dear Cindy, thank you very much for liking regularly some of my postings. This is encouraging and at times when I got a lot of negative letters, accusing me of being from a sect and a God hater, this ‘liking’ may help me to continue saying what is on my mind and continue to spread the news of the coming Kingdom of God, also warning people we do have to take much more care of the earth, our environment, and proclaim peace for those around us.
Sometimes matters are also hard to swallow for us and than there may be people (like you) who may make the pill less bitter. Thank you for your nice pictures and for the ‘like’s you placed already on several of my postings.
You can manage to place so many pictures because you have a paid account, I notice. I, not having much money, tried to place also some more pictures on my sites, but saw the space limiting soon. Though I would have love to share more pictures form Europe I shall have to be more careful publishing some. Sorry for not being able to share more of the beauty of the continent where I live.
I would love to see more photos of where you live, even if you post one or two at a time, it would still be most interesting. I am glad you are being true to yourself and to your beliefs which is always admirable. Thank you for your thoughtful commentary & cheers to you my friend~
🙂 Beautiful shots, cindy! …awesome guys 😉
They are quite pretty in pink aren’t they! 😉
Spectacular photos! I love them!
So glad I posted them & cheers to you my friend~
hahahaa awww this is so delightful and lovely pictures xD
They are birds that just invite absurd commentary! 😉
Oh wow, great group of photographs – the first just cracks me up!!
Happy Valentines Day Cindy!
I think he had me accurately pegged from the get go! 😉
They’re wonderful, beautiful pinks! They look like they’re on a dating site together! 🙂
Okay, I’m busted, it was a flamingo dating website called, flamingdates. com, how did you know???? 😉
Ha ha!! Nice one Cindy!! 😀
When it comes to making stuff up, I am way better than Brian Williams (you’d have to google him). He’s an American news anchor who just got busted for confabulating….. He should just start blogging…….Laughing….
Stunning gallery and gorgeous photographs dear Cindy!~ All the very best to you. Aquileana 😀
And 2 U my friend, loved your post about Athena~
They can be funny beyond compare and all the while I believe they know how majestic they look when they want.
I love their clabbery jabbering. They start clabbering rapidy as a group when you walk too close for their comfort!
The same as us when we invade each other’s space!!! However, we just give nasty looks at the other individual. I think we’d be nicer people if we clabbered.
Beautiful!
And – that first image kept me smiling the whole time. 😀
The Goes do this to me too! I don’t know what it is, but they are naturally comical, except when they fly when they are unbelieveably beautiful, or swim when they are swan like in gracefulness. Love them~
one word for this….INCREDIBLE!
One word for your comment, KIND! Thank you & cheers too~
Very Vibrant and beautiful.. looks like colors are spilling out of my screen!!! 🙂
Be Bettr, Stay Bettr!
Swetank.
Very pleased that you enjoyed & cheers to you~
Cheers Cindy, I enjoyed! Have a lovely evening.
Swetank.
Be Bettr, Stay Bettr!
You too my friend~
Hello! I greet and invite you to watch the new winter photos on my blog.
Thank you.
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You can trust that Cindy Knoke will come up with something stunning to celebrate Valentine’s Day and these stunning flamingos are just the thing….
They are all I need for Valentines Day! Hope you have a nice one my friend and thank you for your thougtfulness~
These photos are beautiful, it sets a tranquil mood for my afternoon. Thanks for the great posting.
So glad! Traquil is always good!
Wow, such vibrant pinks and reds! Where did you take these photos?
Thanks much. I took them at the lake at The San Diego Safari Park. The flamingos were free on the lake so it was very natural setting.
Wonderful.
Oh my. How stunning. I’ve never seen flamingoes at all, let alone this close. I want to reach out and touch them. <3 <3
I am so glad I posted then, and that your enjoyed them! Makes me feel good. Happy Valentines Day to you~
Me too. I’m sure you’ve made a lot of people happy by sharing your gorgeous pictures. Happy Valentines Day to you as well. <3
<3 <3
Fabulous photos, Cindy! I loved this – reminded me of the marching flamingos I saw in Nassau. Really interesting critters!
I want to see marching flamingos!!! 😉
Guess you’ll have to go to Nassau. They actually march to Souza music but I think it’s played on steel drums.
Perfect! Laughing………
The title cracks me up! Wonderful shots too.
There is something about flocks of flamingos that inspires humorous thoughts! 😉
I’ll stick my neck out there and say “yes”! 😉
Laughing…….
Oh, I love that first one. “You looking at me?!”
Looks like he’s trying to figure out what in the world is wrong with me! 😉
Yes! Maybe he is. LOL
The photos remind me of the trailer of Miami Vice. (laughs) Beautiful birds, indeed!
Oh I remember that! Mostly I remember Don Johnson…. 😉
And the CARS! 🙂
Oh yes those Ferraris too!!! <3
This was a fun collection of photos and silly thoughts. The flamingos getting ready to dine made me chuckle, Cindy.
Many chuckles everyday are mandatory! Glad you had one my friend~
Beautiful photos! Ahhh did you say Don Johnson? LOL
Those were the days! He’s an old man now. Of course I have not aged…….. 😉 😉
LOL! Yes I loved him and his sexy self. Heck no. I’m sure you haven’t aged a bit. 🙂
Right, I will keep telling myself this! 😉
Thank you for visiting a few posts and pages. always god to meet a new guest. Interested in your ‘covered wagon’ post. Fascinating kind of real history.
Yes, these first person narrative histories fascinate me too~
Beautiful photos of flamencos!
Very pleased you enjoyed & cheers to you~
Beautiful 🙂
Mil grazi~
Being from Miami I enjoyed these photos. My mother is obsessed with flamingos and decorated my bedroom with them, we even have a light up one in the bathroom! Oh, and she also has so many ornaments for the Christmas tree of flamingos.