I woke up to sunshine, despite the weather report, and it lasted thru Maggie's morning nap so I thought what a day to head to the Oregon Zoo. I knew that I would only get a couple of hours out of her so I figured if the weather took a turn for the worse we could always leave. I am so glad we made the trip. It's a Monday so most of the kids were in school so it was either old folks or Mom's and Dad's walking around. The sun kept us warm enough so we could both take off our heavy coats and enjoy the views. I am crazy about the Elephants the BIG CATS, and the Zebra's so that is what I took pictures of but we saw a lot more. Including; bears, eagles, fish, snakes, penguins, monkeys (one Baboon was picking another's butt). I wanted to take a shot but I was trying to act like a mature mother and set a good example. We also saw some hungry wolves, cows, sheep, pigs and so many other animals. While we were watching the elephants they started to talk to each other and the Mama elephant let out a huge elephant noise. I had never heard that before in person and I felt a bit of the giddy childishness again that you loose at some point in life. The lions were doing what they always do. Lounging around as if they just had lunch. As Maggie stood against the glass watching them one of the slowing raised her head and watched her until we moved on. I had such a good time and Maggie did great right up until it started to rain but by then we were heading to the car anyway so we didn't get too wet. I did have to sacrifice my coat for a few minutes while the hail came down on us. I can't wait for summer which I am sure will include many more trips to the zoo!
This Elephant was getting his exercise.
This was taken when I thought she still needed 18 layers
Baby with the babies. I love this face.
But mom I want to go play with the kitties!
Maggie looked on as the Wild Dogs of Africa had a snooze
My favorite!
2 comments:
I want to be there doing all these things with you! Loving your outings and thank you for posting some new Maggie pics. I love that little girl.
I'm catching up on your blog, and here are my abbreviated albeit sincere comments about the most recent posts.
Looks like some fun outings lately; those blossoms are a gorgeous backdrop for the star of the show (and her parents). Maggie's got a great smile! What a munchkin. I hope I get to see her again before she's too stinkin' grown up.
Congrats on sticking with your health kick! That takes a lot of gumption and will power. I like how you got cheers when you came out in your old jeans. And wow - that salisbury steak recipe looks heavenly.
Oh, and the zoo shot of the zebra standing on the green grass is beautiful!
Take good care.
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