I hope everyone is feeling smoov. R and I have had a very social weekend, including my inaugural broom ball game:
It was really fun! R made two goals. But now my legs hurt from falling and I have a bruise on my knee.
Happy Valentine's Day! We had a great meal at home:
My first attempt at making crab legs; highly recommended!
These last two weeks in Minnesota have been pretty warm. We can all pretend that spring is here, but it's totally going to snow and get freezing again. When this happens, I recommend heading out to the free Como Conservatory and Zoo!
Sis KB and her fancy new bag in the foreground:
A sleeping sloth:
My nephew and god-child Baby B! (He was pretty tired by this point.)
Fun with the macro lens and the orchids:
Baby B enjoyed them too!
The flower building:
Some of the zoo animals are outside, however.
We wondered if the lady lion was expecting.
The American Bison!
A mama and baby giraffe:
Back indoors, a crazy monkey:
Leaf-cutting ants, which were so cool!
And a new heebie-jeebie inducing critter:
The Tanzanian Tailless Whip Scorpion!
Apparently these African dudes are fairly harmless; capable of pinching people but more likely to run away instead! They eat insects and make good pets! Yikes.
For some reason in my eight-plus years of living in Minneapolis, I have never been to the Como Conservatory! It was so humid and lovely in the buildings, and of course great to hang out with KB and Baby B and check out some critters.
So in a few weeks when everything still looks like this:
Hasten to the Como Zoo and Conservatory for a little of this:
xooxox
Wendell!
3 comments:
If I lived in the cities, I would be the phantom of the Como Zoo and hang out in the humidity all day long... We have a broomball league up here; it's where the action is on Wednesday nights! Glad to hear you survived with no broken bones!
mmmm surf n turf. Looks yummy! Cool critters!
Baby B has great hair! I want the crab legs! That she-lion does look robust!
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