Wednesday, March 30, 2011

ABC Wednesday: K


K is for Koi - ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens. Koi are among the longest-living vertebrates, with some animals living over 200 years.

Kids feeding Kois in Mount Faber.

10 comments:

Sylvia K said...

I do love the Koi ponds! And what a lovely post for the K Day, Jama! Terrific shot for the day! Hope things are going well! Enjoy the remainder of your week!!

Sylvia
ABC Team

Roger Owen Green said...

love those ponds.

ROG, ABC Wednesday team

January said...

that's an interesting K post. Happy ABC Wednesday!

K for Keypad

Ms. Burrito said...

Beautiful K!

Have a little tour of Korea, come by and see.

Rajesh said...

Fantastic shot. Great fun for kids.

chubskulit said...

Beautiful take on K!

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Gattina said...

They are real big "goldfishes" lol !
Gattina
ABC team

fredamans said...

Love the fishies!

http://fredamans.blogspot.com/2011/03/abc-wednesday-k-is-for-my-kid-kris.html

Joy said...

A charming photo, I like the concentrated looking:-) Wow 200 years that is some time.

Meryl Jaffe, PhD said...

Nice post, great photos. I love watching poi pools. Thank you,
Meryl
http://departingthetext.blogspot.com