the tiger says wroooaaaar.....

and

the giraffe says....well what does a giraffe say?

and 

the flamingos say....well what does a flamingo say?

when the weather here is beautiful, everyone goes to the zoo. 

well everyone who has children under the age of 10. my daughter is a professional nanny and going to the zoo with three children can be a challenge, so i go with her to give her an extra hand. 

now granted that extra hand of mine always has a camera in it, but still, 

two adults + three kids = a much easier afternoon. 

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ps...did you see the tiger

at a loss for words...

but

feel free to add some for me

~

i know most of you are witty enough to add captions to at least one of these photos

a few weeks ago i was at the zoo and throughout the area of the park i was in, you could hear this low

moaning noise. it was similar to the sound that bears make, so i didn't really pay much attention to it.

after all, i was at the zoo. 

but all of a sudden, people started gathering around the tortoises. of course, with me being the curious thing i am, i had to walk over and see what was happening.

this is what was happening.

~

i'm guessing by spring we'll have baby tortoises. just a guess.

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thank you everyone, for the amazing well wishes and prayers and good thoughts and happy ju ju you sent my way. it worked. i'm actually feeling pretty darn good.

to say you're all the best is an understatement. you're more then the best

and

i can't thank you enough for "being there" for me

*

one + one = three

last year at the zoo we saw this 

last week at the zoo we saw this

welcome to the world baby leo

roar

I'll admit it...

when

the winter blues

start attacking my soul

and

vitamin D

isn't enough

it's animal therapy

at the zoo

that makes me feel whole again

the mating calls and smiles from the harbor seals

the blinding colors and humidity in the rain forest

the silence surrounding the chimpanzees and orangutans while they sit and watch me

the pacing of the tiger

the rhythmic horn rubbing from the rhinoceros

even

the unfamiliar smells

all of it

fills me up

and

makes me feel like a little girl

who was just told she can have dessert without eating her broccoli first

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seriously

the feeling is that good

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