penguins at the zoo!

In my last post I forgot to post these two pictures of the bears, just hanging out… and then, the penguins!  I think I liked them so much because they were so very funny and seemed perfectly content to waddle around and swim and gather nesting material.  these...

more from my day at the zoo…

such a big kitty! zebra and baby zebra…it doesn’t look comfortable that they’re standing around on pebbles, but maybe they don’t mind. puma! here’s interesting thinsg about this next animal, a speke’s gazelle – the amazing...

a day at the zoo

on sept. 11th, randy and I went down to the st. louis zoo.  he’d never been to any zoo anywhere his entire life, and I had to pick up my friend Toun at the airport, so I thought we’d make a day of it. I can’t remember the last time i’d been to...

happy anniversary…

to us!  yesterday was kevin and my 12th anniversary.  it’s astounding to realize that twelve years have flown by. kevin bought me these gorgeous roses… …and we took a nice boat ride early in the day, before it got too hot.  lots of gulls followed us....

i itch, therefore i am.

first, a couple of darling kitty photos. this was sunday, august 26th.  les had to rest his weary head on top of a sock, on top of a cushion, on top of a rug…and yet his usual favored sleeping position is resting against some cold piece of metal.  Winnie is...

the end of the tree…

here are two more videos of Mund Enterprises taking down our trees, plus some photos. Something I didn’t get on tape was when a giant branch smacked into the bucket where the guy was – a part of the bucket fell off, but not an important one.  luckily it...

tree-cutting-down continued

taking down the silver maple took up most of the day on Wednesday, august 22nd.  after making quick work of the tall locust tree, they started in.  I have some photos, but I think the videos are more interesting.  here’s the first giant branch coming down. the...