My day

I had a great time today with a good friend of mine and her two little boys at the zoo!  I love zoos, and we seem to have a particularily nice zoo in my city.  Obviously, I don't go very often, and things have changed quite lot since I was there last.  And going with a couple of little kids somehow makes it that much more fun, though I think I start acting rather kid-like when I get into the zoo, as well!  My poor friend had three kids to herd around the zoo today :)  It was a gorgeous sunny day - a little on the cool side, but still really warm for February in this part of the world!  It was great to see some of the animals running around out in the snow.  The tiger was out and we got a great view of him through the frosty glass:

 

The red panda was in fine form, as well.  He's just so cute!

 

And it was just so odd to see some more "familiar" animals running around in the snow!  The zebras, camels and ostriches all seemed to be enjoying the snow today!

 

  

Of course, I think for the first time ever, when I wanted to take some other photos, my camera battery was dead!  So I missed getting pictures of some of the other amazing animals we saw today - the snow leopards, gorillas, colubus monkeys, the cute little blond human creatures that I spent the day with...

But I did get some pictures of the special creatures that are just in town for a little while.  They were a bit scary, but I did my job in making sure they didn't eat any of us as we ran past them!

  

Yup, it was a tough job, but someone had to do it!  These creatures even roar at you and move when you walk past them!  Pretty scary stuff, I tell you!  But it was so nice to go out and enjoy the zoo and the crazy creatures that God has made for us to enjoy.  Of course, I had to take a few flower photos, too!

 

I was feeling very much at home in the conservatory where they had all sorts of plants and trees just like I see every day in Africa :)