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35th Anniversary Celebration at the Zoo

Earlier this week, Heather and I had our 35th year anniversary. It doesn’t seem that long in some ways but we have been through a lot together.

We decided to celebrate by grabbing our son and heading off to the Tulsa Zoo.

A highlight for me is that there new cubs, just born. They had a video feed into the nursery where momma tiger was giving her cubs a bath. Pretty cool.

Dad was close by, resting.

Lots of cats were resting, like these cheetahs.

And a jaguar.

An Aldabra Tortoise was on the move.

And these giraffe’s were not sleeping either.

These red and yellow barbets were sitting at attention.

And the red panda was up in their lair snoozing away.

The African penguins were getting ready for a dip.

The scarlet macaw was showing off.

The kanagaroo was frozen in place.

The gator was dreaming gator dreams.

A bald eagle was surveying the landscape.

The long tail finches were lunching.

The blue iguana was smiling at everybody.

The pink flamingoes were carefully guarding their new chick. I found out that a group of flamingoes is called a Flamboyance. I love it.

We had a great time!!

I am linking with Saturday’s Critters.

Shadow Shot Sunday at the Zoo

Last week we took a little family trip to the Zoo. While there I captured images of shadows.

I am a sucker for wooden pedestrian bridges. I have dozens of shots of them. I don’t know why I like them so much. Found this one with some shadows.

And I got a fairly sharply defined streetlight shadow.

I am also a sucker for iron work and the resulting complicated shadows such as this one at a picnic pavillion in the Zoo.

Since the zoo trip we got the kid back to college. He’s pretty happy, maybe too happy to be away from us. We miss him too! But we are also enjoying have the house to ourselves again.

Brother Bob is out of quarantine at his Assisted Living Apartment. He’s been in either hospitals or Long Term Care for over a year and has really worked hard to get to a more regular living option. He’s enjoying mingling (safely) with his fellow residents and is partaking of the activities the place has.

So that’s about it for today!! I am linking with Shadow Shot Sunday 2.

Sunday Morning at the Tulsa Zoo

We had a rainy cold weekend here in Tulsa. Heather was out of town and Logan was at his job and I wanted to get outside but the trails at Turkey Mountain are always a muddy mess after rain. I had recently been to a lot of my favorite haunts, Woodward Park, the Botannic Gardens, Oxley Nature Center, so I went to the Tulsa Zoo hoping that it wouldn’t be too rainy. And I lucked out, after a night of rain, it pretty much quit for the day by the time I got there.

This grizzly bear was kind of sad. It is beautiful. Look at that fur. It looks like it has been groomed. (I don’t know whether it is a he or a she.)

Breakfast though appears to be a sack of salad. I’d be nosing around in it myself thinking, “Are you kidding me!!”

Now, I’ve been to the classes and did the reading. Zoo staff take the diets of the critters very seriously and make sure to give them what they need. Grizzly sure looks depressed about it.

I found this critter. I had never seen it before. It is not a cute little kitty, it is a wild animal. Too bad my pic of its plaque is indecipherable!!

They have several bald eagles there. They always look so noble.

And the children’s zoo. Goats, goats at a children’s zoo are pains in the butt. They are cute but will steal the zoo map out of your back pocket in a heartbeat, and eat it.

A good zoo, and Tulsa has an excellent zoo, has great grounds to match, or complement the critters they harbor.

I found me a lizard, an iguana maybe, with a sardonic smile.

And some sort of ape with a sour outlook, but beautiful fur.

And I believe that this is a “Golden headed lion tamarin” and I think it is beautiful.

A lion looking very regal.

I loved my couple hours at the zoo. It was overcast and cold and that kept everybody away, which suited me. Just me, the staff, and the critters.

If you want to visit the Tulsa Zoo check out their website for all the info. They even have Zoo Yoga Thursdays at 6 pm. I’m interested, what about you?

Black Friday 2016 at the Tulsa Zoo

I don’t know about you but we really enjoyed Thanksgiving this year (we do every year) we had a lot smaller group than usual but we did just fine. Uncle Bob drove up from Corpus Christi and the world’s greatest MIL hosted the dinner. We enjoyed fine food and fellowship most of the day.

The next day is the notorious Black Friday where everybody gets up terribly early and stands in line to trample their fellow humans to get half price televisions and laptops and such. Not us, we slept in. We had a guy trip to the Tulsa Zoo. No standing in lines there, easy parking, and friendly people!! I hope you enjoyed your shopping, we enjoyed our nonshopping.

The first critter we ran into was this grizzly. He doesn’t look too happy in there all by himself.

Next was this rattlesnake all coiled up and ready to strike. I don’t know much about rattlesnakes but I’m wondering if this is kind of an old guy judging by his filmy eyes. He might just be confused. I do geocaching and trail running and am always concerned about running into snakes. It seems we have more copperheads than rattlesnakes but I’m cautious nonetheless.

And an American Bald Eagle. They sure do look noble.

And a pair of American Albino Alligators. This dude is in serious need of some orthodontics.

And a Scarlet Ibis.

And a pic of son.

And a Golden Headed Lion Tamarin. He doesn’t look happy either.

And the flamingos are always cool and elegant.

The Rhino was up and doing this thing.

And the giraffes were reaching for their lunch.

And the elephants were having their meal as well.

I tried to see if the Zoo wanted this guy for the chimp exhibit. Nope, he eats too much he says.

There is a big construction project going on at the zoo. The Tulsa Zoo Lost Kingdom is going to be a huge addition with enhanced habitat for many of the critters. It is going to be finished sometime next year.

A good time was had by all. We celebrated Brother Bob’s birthday and so we had another excuse to eat well!!

I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving and a pleasant Black Friday. We sure did.

Saturday’s Critters – Nap Time

Heather and I went to the Zoo Friday thinking that it wouldn’t be too crowded. Wrong! Every school in Oklahoma it seems was having a field trip there. The kids were here there and everywhere. We came upon this Rhino ignoring it all. He does look sad though.

Linking with Saturday’s Critters

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