Today’s assignment: write the post that was on your mind when you decided to start a blog.

Why did I start this blog?  Interesting question, because this is not the first blog I’ve started, and I have a semi-active professional blog (which I am working on again now that I am settled in my new job – it’s http://teachingonlineblog.wordpress.com/) .  So, I guess this post has a couple of parts.  First, why did I want to start a blog to begin with, and second, why did I settle (well, “settle”) on Zombie Flamingos?

The answer to the first question is probably the same as many people have.  I like the idea of a blog, and of writing on a regular basis, and of sharing part of myself with the world, and of having a place to post pictures I take, and activities I find fun and exciting.  I don’t think I ever envisioned using my blog as a place to write about any struggles I have, or imagine I have.  I am working on a journal space for that – yes, I do think of a blog and a journal as being two separate things.  But I know that some of my struggles may come out in a blog, depending on what I am posting about.  I envision my blog as having space for my photography journey, my meditation journey, my running a marathon journey, the adventures my husband and I have with our cats and our house renovations.  But, I digress.  Here is the first thing I posted on my first real blog, the one went nowhere fast:

So, what will this blog be about?  Whatever interests me, I think.  I have started a more “professional” blog at work, so I think this one will cover what strikes my personal fancy.  Cats, running, yoga, meditation, refurbishing an old house (0r, perhaps better, trying to keep motivated to refurbish the old house!), gardening (when I don’t have a lot of gardening room right now), cooking, taking random pictures and trying to stick to a real “picture a day”…I don’t know – there are so many topics, and so much blogging to do.  Eventually I’ll find more of a focus, maybe, we’ll see!

As of now, not much has changed, so let’s see where Zombie Flamingos takes me this year!

Oh, perhaps I should explain the Zombie Flamingos…the concept, and the ones you see on the header.  Last Halloween, I saw this picture (I confess now, I don’t know where I found them, but I will add a source once I find it…):

Now, I love zombies – zombie movies, The Walking Dead, and apparently zombie flamingos.  So, I posted this picture on my Facebook page (yes, I am a FB junkie!) and said “I want these!”  A couple of days later I came home to this on our front porch:

A good friend of mine had made me my own zombie flamingo!  And I love it more than the originals!  So, now it has a proud place on my front porch next to the door where it can greet everyone who visits (and freak out the kids coming at Hallowe’en!)

So, there you have it.  Zombie Flamingos!