Brass Monkey, That Funky Monkey

So maybe it wasn't a Monkey, it was an Orangutan, and Maybe it wasn't Brass, it was Bronze, but it was still cute :) LOL!!

OMG I have been SWAMPED!!! I have been working with Doodles on a raffle for MY FIRST BDAY there and with Daydreams for some new stuff, and I am also opening another site up. I switched my hosting over to my sissie, Bug's Hosting... she is absolutely incredible... and I think she's probably one of my best friends LOL!! *waves at Buggie* She asked her to partner up with her at TLCWS... and I told her I would ;) So... not only am I gonna open up this other site LOL!! But I am gonna try to work with TLCWS as well LOL!! Naw... I am not a glutton for punishment, I like it when I don't get any sleep LOL!!

Well, between all that stuff, I actually found time to go to the zoo again. It's a long drive there, but I felt so bad for Maddie not being able to go last time that I talked my DH into taking us one more time before it got too cold. I can't believe it's the middle of November and yet we still haven't had a bunch of snow. I am not complaining, but it just seems really weird.

Anyway, Today we went to the zoo and actually checked out a bunch of stuff we NEVER EVER get to see... and actually saw parts of the zoo I didn't even know were there. Like this amazing garden (I would love to see it when it's in full bloom with all of the birds out there-- they have cockatoos running round in there when it's warm). Inside this garden were all of these wonderful brass sculpted animals. The kids had a blast climbing up on them and posing for some incredibly cute pics. Here's a couple:

THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE







and this is another one, on the way to the garden... just off in it's own little corner of the zoo :) Fun little Hippo for the kids to pose on. I can't believe I got this immensely lucky and all those little monkeys smiled for me all at the same time in the same place :)



Anyway, not only did they site for some ultra cute pics... but we got to see some animals we had no idea ever existed. For example-- The Cassowary:



And also, we got to see a ton of BIG CATS ;) I think the guy said they are temporarily housing 10 Big Cats from the New Orleans Zoo (Displaced due to Katrina)



And we all know... I love to tweak pics and make them purdy. So here's a before and after of this super cute tiger kitten we had here. I dunno if this is one of the displaced kitties (I think it is), but damn, he's cute none the less:





I can't believe I just learned how to do that tonight... but I am totally digging that new tool LOL!! It's funny how you have a program for years, and you still learn new things all of the time. I probably woulda figured that out sooner had I actually been pokin around ;) I might write another tut on them. Erika said I should write a bunch of tuts on making pics pretty LOL!! I might have to take her advice LOL!!

This was at the end of the zoo. One of my fav pics of the whole day

MY PRIDE ON THEIR PRIDE

Seems we visited all of the non-living animals at the zoo today. Doesn't matter though, the kids had a blast.