A Blog of Her Own

December 12, 2006

Flamingos invade Edmonton

Filed under: Fun Stuff, Uncategorized — Lisa @ 3:47 pm

OK, so on my way to work today, I noticed a flock of pink flamingos hanging out in a snow bank at Grant McEwan. I just figured someone there was unfortunate enough to have kooky friends who put them up for a birthday prank. That is, until I discovered a smaller flock hanging out in a snow bank in Winston Churchill Square.  I also noticed that people were taking some of these flamingos.

Well, since I figured there wouldn’t be any left later in the day, I wandered over to learn more. I was thinking “hey, cool art installation/project - put out birds and see how far they migrate.” Alas, I was disappointed. It was just a Telus marketing ploy. Something about their latest campaign that allows you to win stuff if you check their website. So, I didn’t take a flamingo home as a pet - if it had been the cool art installation, I was so going to participate.

For the record - all flamingos were gone from Churchill Square by 10am break time. So it was a good thing I checked them out on my way in to work.

Oh, and while I would have loved to take a photo, I had to pick today to leave it at home recharging. Sigh.

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