Columbus Zoo, Part Two

In January, Andrew and I decided to check out the Columbus Zoo. Barely dressed for the 20 degree weather, we were popsicles by the end of it and missed a lot of exhibits due to the cold and our quick pace through the zoo. So we decided to try again over Memorial day weekend. We went Friday hoping we would avoid some of the weekend crowds since the school kiddos would still be in school. We failed to remember about field trips, oops...

So, we didn't avoid the uber crowds of children, but it wasn't horrible.

The zoo is split into continents, with native animals in their "home" areas. I only took a picture of the North America sign. The others were more exciting.

These Mexican wolves were posing for my camera and it blew my mind that my dog is at least 3 inches taller than these guys at the shoulder.

Still in North America, for you non-geography savvy people. This was our favorite section last time, the two polar bears were swimming, jumping on their barrels and putting on a great show. We were hoping for an encore.

And they were sleeping. They must still have been tired from last time : ) Or it could have been the ridiculous humidity that day. They went into stay cool mode. We instead, watched the Brown bears who were now awake.
And tigers.
Real and bronze statue alike.

As I said, we missed a lot of sections last time we were at the zoo. Asia and Australia included. Australia is my new favorite continent, due to being able to walk in and around the kangaroo! Kangaroos? Awesome!
And the opportunity to feed some birds. Lorikeets to be exact. Imagine me, excited and squeeling at the idea of feeding birds, Andrew scrounged up the $2 for a cup of nectar for these pretty birdies.
There are a few pictures with my face in them, but due to the overall squeeling and humidity doing numbers on my hair, I'm choosing not to show them. By the way, Andrew is responsible for these pictures.




Can't forget the Okapi. We finished the zoo with the reptile house, which was packed with kids and we practically ran through it. It was almost noon and the afternoon crowd of moms and their broods were showing up and the field trip kids were getting hungrier and ruder by the minute. We decided to head out.

Next zoo trip will either be the Cincinnati or Toledo Zoo.

Mug Shots

Haha, creative title. I'm so smart. Anyway. I have a new hobby, it's one that's been in the making since I was a little girl. My hoarder tendecies are easily traced back to my mom and dad. Specifically the fact that our cupboards were filled with a range of coffee mugs from all over. Sadly, we only have a few left but I remember the collection being huge! Mugs from San Diego, San Francisco and various California locations. I think we even had some Minnesota mugs with loons on them.

So, after a childhood of coffee mug brainwashing, I have started to collect mugs. Andrew puts up with me and loves me : )

Our trip last weekend involved a trip into two states I've never been to, Kentucky and Tennessee. I didn't quite make it into the North Carolina part of the Smokies a NC mug will have to wait. I originally wanted 3 mugs, one from Kentucky, Tennessee and GSMNP. Andrew put a limit on it and these are my loot from the weekend.

I have older mugs too, my giant Yosemite mug from last fall and a North Dakota one from my trip last summer.



And really, the mug/cup that started it all. Love this tea cup! It sits out by our stove all the time and I use the saucer as a spoon rest.

Once I start to accumulate huge numbers of mugs I'll have to get Andrew to build me a display case to show them off rather than keep them hidden in the cabinet.

An Awesome Weekend, Preview

Andrew and I had a wonderfully productive weekend. Andrew had a four day weekend and we took full advantage of the time off.
Our four days were packed full of yard work and fun, my favorite way to split up time. It looked something like this:
Thursday night: Hangover 2
Friday: Columbus zoo, supply shopping at Lowe's
Saturday: Mowing lawn, pulled weeds, put together picnik table, painted picnik table, washed patio, took out old owners sandbox, re-mulched and put in walking stones, watched the parade through our town, vacuumed and cleaned the house
Sunday: Went to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Monday: Grocery shopped, watched movies

End busy weekend


It was such a wonderful weekend. The posts on blogger are moving a little slow lately, so I'll post pictures of the weekend later in the week. Hopefully, blogger will start working faster for me and it won't take an hour to do a post.