No, this does not refer to the crazy conditions in our house today. In fact, quite the opposite - Audrey has a bit of a cold so she's been napping a lot more than usual. But during her wake period this afternoon, we went over to our local zoo, which is located just across the street from our neighborhood. It was a beautiful day, with temperatures in the low 80's and a bit of a breeze. As a result, lots of animals were out. I think many are also fed about 2 pm, when we were there, so that helped too. Of course I did not bring my camera today (the otter picture is from an earlier zoo trip), but we saw:
- An elephant drinking (she tried the pool water, where ducks were swimming, spit it out and then went to where the water was flowing into the pool and drank from that spigot) and then giving herself a dust bath
- An ostrich complaining about something and a zebra coming over to find out what was going on
- Giraffes eating up close to the fence
- Tortoises eating and walking around
- The three gibbons right up at the front of their cage, interacting with visitors
- Two otters performing just for Audrey and I
- And finally, the lion, grooming himself around three feet from the glass, who, on seeing Audrey and I, walked around a small pool, came right up to the glass and squished his nose against it, approximately 3 inches from us!
All in all it was a great trip to the zoo, although I must admit to being a little panicked when the lion approached us. Even though I knew he couldn't get us, it seemed he was eyeing Audrey as a snack...or maybe he's just never seen a baby in a front carrier before.
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Sounds good--particularly since we had our first snow flurry of the year today. I looked up, and there they were--snowflakes! Hope Audrey feels better...
I think that the lion was just saying... hello most beautiful baby in Tucson...how are you today? knowing full well that our little genius could answer him if she wanted to...
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