Pink Flamingo Update

Anyone who has spent any time in Juneau, AK has probably seen the Pink Flamingo House. Things have changed quite a bit this year for these little plastic entities. The first news was the obituary for Dave Ingram. Dave was the owner of The Yellow House where the flamingos lived. There were rumors that we had seen the end of our favorite flock of plastic pink flamingos.

But! After the snow melted the flamingos all piled in a boat and paddled over to the northern neighbors. They ended up flipping over and the poor little pink guys were all over the neighbor's yard. They pulled themselves together after about a week of confusion. And they had a lovely party with drinks and several coolers. All the Pinks seemed to have a good time; they had gathered into little conservation groups bringing their drinks with them. After the party (which lasted for days) the flamingos ended up on the deck on the second floor. They had obviously made themselves at home.

The next week was graduation week and the Pinks were involved. They all lined up across both lawns with their mortarboards on. We were watching the Pinks so intently that it may have taken us several days to notice that The Yellow House was gone. Not a pile of rubble just a smoothed bit of dirt with a garage on the left side of the lot. The garage had been behind The Yellow House so we had never seen it before.

The Pinks are now huddled under an umbrella. It has been a very wet spring. And they are in front of their new home, The Blue House.