Friday, January 3, 2014

flora and fauna

Here are a few photos from the Botanical Gardens we saw Christmas night during our Celebration in the Oaks walk.  


and some exotic flowers....






The next morning, we headed back into New Orleans and went to the zoo.   It was another cold day but we bundled up and headed in.   We arrived right at opening time and most of the animals were very active.


  
This peacock was drinking from a large sugar cane pot.



The gorillas were all facing the sun.



All the rhinos were up and moving around.  They are usually WAY out in the field but had fresh hay in closer so they were munching away....



We spent three hours at the zoo, just walking and enjoying the day.   Matt and his girlfriend ...





It was so nice seeing all the activity.  By the time we left, the animals were all starting to relax and take naps so going in the morning was a great idea.

1 comment:

Tammy said...

Sounds like fun holiday times. Yusef went to the Denver Zoo over the Thanksgiving holiday. His friend from Kuwait who is at college in Rhode Island flew in so that they could spend that weekend together. He said it was great! Even brought me back a little knitted llama. He had bought me magnets and a tshirt but couldn't find it when he was packing. :( Best wishes, Tammy

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