July 15th, 2010

Today’s news is that last week, my Mom took me to the local zoo. It’s a little zoo that we live down the road from. She didn’t take me out of her backpack, but I’m working on that. I thought I would share some of the pictures that she took. I live down the road from these animals! They’re all in cages, so I’m certainly not afraid of them. It’s just a strange idea!

A zebra—Mom loves horses and their cousins, so she was happy when this one turned out so nicely.

A lion! This one made Mom happy because in spite of the bars of the cage, you can still see him very clearly. Some of her photos of animals in cages didn’t turn out right.

Mom’s favorite part of the entire zoo is the petting area. She loves farm animals, so it is as close as she can get to some of her favorite critters!

A miniature cow!

A pot-bellied piglet!

A domesticated female mallard. (Female mallards are her favorite kind of wild duck, so this makes her happy to have such a pretty picture.)These are Swedish blue ducks.

And finally, a Pekin/Call duck cross. Mom says that it’s probably not either all alone because she was a rather big ducky with a small-ish beak. These things make her happy, so I just nod!

Over the next couple of days, she’s going to post more pictures at her deviantART account (and on facebook) if you would like to see the rest of them. These were with her new camera!

Next time, I will tell you more about some mail I got. Mom has to take photos first—but we will post them as soon as we can!