A Trio of Fun

We did three things today. Three things! On a Saturday. On a rainy Saturday at that. Yes, we were pretty impressed with ourselves. Me and Gareth went out the back door of his apartment last night on our way to the bar. Ahead of us on the pavement were a mother and her kid on bikes. They slowed down and then stopped to admire our pumpkins on the front doorstep. We just swaggered past in a self congratulatory manner and had a couple of pints to celebrate our artistic endeavours.

But today was mainly a pumpkin free day. Well, we saw loads but were not actively involved with them in any way. Today we went to Milwaukee County Zoo. I had a moment of disappointment when I found out that all the giraffes were in Ohio on vacation. But the other animals more than made up for them.

Check out this lion...



what do you think had caught his attention? Passing wildebeest? Aging and drooping gazelle? Small kids gazing innocently on with their parents? Yep, much to our amusement it was the last one. The kids looked so wonderfully bite-sized and tasty that at one point the lion hunkered down ready to pounce. Good job that he changed his mind, though it would have been funny to have watched him hit the glass wall. Can't imagine that he would keep his king of the jungle crown with those antics. Guess he just got bored in the end though

these spider monkeys were kinda cute



we watched some prairie dogs pop up and down in their holes and I had a sudden urge to hit them on the head with a large padded hammer and watch the points mount up.

The rain today had two benefits- the first being that the zoo was nearly empty and the second being that it kept people out of the way of my photos as they all cowered in the monkey house out of the wet.

After the zoo, we went to the Jelly Belly factory- home of the gourmet jelly bean (well, actually I think that the main home is in California but this was closer). We went on a free tour and got free beans and cuddles

a very perky lass narrated our trip around the warehouse and handed out the free bags of beans at the end of the tour- I think that she might be my new favourite person.



After stuffing our face with jelly beans we went home and Gareth cooked a proper roast dinner- complete with yorkshire puds- yum!

The dog was pretty interested too.

Jupiter the dog is an interesting solution to a problem of my sis-in-law's. Krista is allergic to animal hair so she just got herself a hypallergenic dog- being that xoloitzcuintles don't have any hair.

After dinner we went to see the new Wallace and Gromit movie which was very funny. Now we are taking a much needed rest (and I am retyping this blog entry because the original was lost when the power cable fell out of the back of the machine- dammit!). Now what can we do tomorrow?