Winter Blues

The weather has been really getting me down over the past few days, particularly since Friday night when I slipped and fell on some ice, and over the weekend walking the dogs in frigid and windy conditions. I've been trying to figure out a way to get myself to a conservatory, just so I can sit and enjoy the fragrance of the flowers and the humidity. I can't figure out any time soon that I could do that though.

These pictures are mostly just to cheer myself up (and anyone else suffering from the winter blues).

Jugglers

Some short videos of the jugglers juggling.

Pike River Rendezvous

I went to the Pike River Rendezvous in Kenosha today. They've had it every summer since we came to Kenosha, but this is the first time I've gone. It was really interesting.

Racine Zoo

Today we went to the Racine Zoo. Now I can't think of a whole lot of places I would rather be with my camera than a zoo (a beautiful old Church would beat the zoo). I just love animals, and my whole family had a blast taking pictures of them all. My poor Mom and sister were taking pictures of the peacocks when they caught them in an intimate moment, thankfully I missed it. The Orangutans have a bad reputation for that, but even they behaved today.

I took so many pictures and narrowed it down to these (a lot still, I know). I'd normally post the pictures a little bigger, but you can click on them to see them in a larger size.

Cattle Egret



Petas Monkey



Geese

























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Peacock









Wild Goats







Pelican













Petting Zoo