Well folks, here we are again! I am exactly one month and two days late in writing this post -- dear me! Junebug celebrated her 86th birthday with her wonderful daughter, Linda and son-in-love, Vic (along with the rest of us!) by having an all day party at the zoo! I had so many pictures to go through (and pick from) that I really got overwhelmed just thinking about writing this post up. But, like someone great once said: If you don't begin you'll never end (quite profound, huh?). So here it is!
Welcome to the Zoo!
We have our sunglasses...
We have our flower hats...
And we're ready to roll!
Do you see it?
See what?
The cute monkey!
Johanna poses with one of our closest ancestors.
We're off to see the...
Crazy Parakeets!
"Crazy" as in: absolutely not shy
Who wouldn't want a colorful fowl pecking at (and dropping on) their head?
Don't put your fingers too close, or their bound to be food for the fowl!
These guys loved Grandma "D", climbing all over her hat!
Hurry up, little parakeet! There's a line forming behind you!
One very important rule to run your life by
(when you're visiting a crazy parakeet cage):
Don't make your hair look like a comfortable, curly nest!
Or else you'll turn into a mobile tree with a once curly nest
in its branches turned into a frizzy pom-pom. Yeah, that would be me.
Junebug: "Guys, I don't like the way he's lookin' at me...
It was almost like an expensive head massage, wouldn't you say, Mom?
Junebug liked to keep her distance and let Linda do the negotiating
Here we are again at Tree Top Mobile!
What a fun place it was!
See how she's holding her cup? That's the
"I'm-scared-but-I-want-to-touch-them-so-badly!" hold
What beautiful creatures God has created for us to enjoy!
Well, we survived the Crazy Parakeets,
what trouble can we get ourselves into next?
We were blessed with a perfect day. Cloudy? Yes.
But that's exactly what we needed to cover the sun's heat.
Mr. Cockatoo at your service
Kanga and Roo
The matching Bluebells!
Lady Lorry graciously waves at her fans
Shere Khan prowls about in his quest for Mowgli (poor kid)
The story shared here, has sadly escaped my mid-term memory
(and please don't ask what that is...
I'm working on writing up my own medical book dictionary as well)
We thought we'd have Johanna test the glass barrier
out before the rest of us leaned on it
King of the Jungle
(by the way, why are Lions considered king of the jungle?
First off they don't live in the jungle, and secondly a tiger wins
a confrontation 70% of the time)
The Charge of the Wheelchair Brigade!
An anteater? Really? Like, he eats ants so he's fit to exhibit at the zoo?
A change of direction
Tortoise power!
Downhill art
Halfway through we stopped for a snack
Look! Look! They exhibit ladybugs here too! I knew I liked this zoo.
Is it really legal to cage our nation's bird?
Beautiful, laid-back Grandma "D"
Lovely, spunky Grandma June
Johanna had her work cut out for her
Sweet smiles from the wind-blown crew
Portraits by the iron elephants
Lovely Lorry
Darling "D"
Jolly June
Mother-daughter sweetness
Off next to the penguin aquarium!
And the colorful Mandrills
Ride on cow(elephant)girl!
Enjoying the rainforest
Hoping one of these doesn't snap at our toes
Such a relaxing atmosphere!
Cheetah corner!
Hey Johanna!
Eh?
Giraffe feeding-time
Watch your tootsies!
Are we lost? No, just resting.
Working our way back through the dense jungle to civilization
Oh boy! A brand new, exciting exhibit!
Johanna-Banana!
Back at the house we ate a lupper
(please don't tell me we're the only family that calls it that?)
Smiles all around
Discussing the journey past
Conquistadors!
So long as we have some good grub to come home to
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what you call pig-pickin' cake
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday, dear Junebug!
Happy Birthday to you!
And it was sooo good!
I mean, finger-lickin' good
Aerial view (well, sort of)
Yummilicious!
Present time!
What a beautiful watch! (she loves the other gifts too *wink*)
What an all-out fun day! Happy Belated Birthday, Junebug!
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