Wisconsin Trip 2017, Part 1: Irvine Park Zoo

Wednesday, June 14th:

Everybody sing along:

"We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo,

how about you, you, you,

You can come too, too, too,

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo!!"

Monkeys...

                         
                                                                                                        Owls...

                                                                                                   Exotic birds...

                                                             Friendly farm animals in the petting zoo!

                                                                                       Open wide!

                                                                                                   Hyenas...

                                                                                                         Tigers...

                                                                                            even white tigers...

                                                                                    a type of antelope.

Coming up next:  Riverview Park 

Don't miss Parts 2,3, & 4!  Refresh the home page!

Breakfast with Kyle

Hello Sunshine!

Tuesday highlights

Just the good stuff.

Like, checking up on my newly planted baby sunflowers, just popping out of the ground to see the sun.  Say hi!!

After my cleaning at the dentist, I had to walk by an outdoor plant display at the hardware store, and just could NOT resist buying more plants!  So I added these to our pool's waterfall thingy.

Also checked up on my other plants, still mostly seeds or tiny seedlings: tomatoes, onions, watermelon.  I'm a gardening nut in the springtime!

Yes, I love these summery days at our new country home.  Most of all I love the early weekday hours. Playing around the house, outside, (especially after taking son to school and daughter hasn't come downstairs yet, demanding food..)  ..feeling like a spoiled little housewife.

Yes, it's all fun and games until that garage door slams shut around 6 pm.  Then the atmosphere changes and I'm thrown back into reality.  But until then, as they say, while the cat is away, the mice will play!  And that means me and Kyle!

Here he is, acting like a good ol' cow, basking in the sun, eating the grass, chewing his cud.

Speaking of food... how about this yummy lunch special I heated up:  buttered spaghetti with chopped up tomatoes, sauteed sea scallops, chopped fresh basil that I stole from our neighbor's garden, and a sprinkling of Parmesan.  With sweet tea, of course.  yum!  Ate it in the screen porch so I could listen to the waterfall burbling into the pool.  yes, i'm spoiled.  for now.  

Later, this evening, I'll go to my group therapy class, which always depresses me.  Having to admit that I'm in the same boat as these other depressed women, though for different reasons.  Sometimes I feel like I'm actually healthier than they are, it's just that I'm in an ugly place circumstantially right now.  Either way, it's good to have someplace to go where I can be real.  Talk honestly.  Share my real heart.

And here's my daughter's vegan lunch: veggie sandwich with guacamole.  Not bad.  But I liked my seafood better. 

Hope your day is going well, too, friend.  

Mother's day relaxing

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New pajamas

Loving these..