My friend’s daughter Felicia is always willing to be my model when I want to practice my portrait skills. Here she is wrapped in my Hawaiian sarong at Nantasket Beach. Thanks, Felicia. š
New England Aquarium
What a busy week that last week in August turned out to be! I had a wonderful day with Nancy, Alex and Dawn at the Roger Williams Park and Zoo. I told you all about that but then I was surprised by a visit from some of my New York relatives. They were taking their kids to the New England Aquarium in Boston and wanted to see if I wanted to meet them for the afternoon. Silly question. Of course I did!
I had a work commitment in the morning but it turned out that I finished at the perfect time. I got a Text from them letting me know they were about 90 minutes away and so was I! Could that have worked out any better if we’d planned it?
I headed into Boston but today I chose to drive in. I knew parking would be expensive and it was. $35.00! And the garage only took cash. Oh well what’s that saying,Ā Admission $20.00,Ā Ā Imax $10.00,Ā Ā parkingĀ $35.00Ā , an afternoon with family…PRICELESS!!
George is my Nephew and his wife is Kelly and the two awesome kids are my (dare I say it) GREATĀ Niece Catherine andĀ GREAT Nephew Patrick.
Of course they are GREAT butĀ in this case I’m referring to the generational fact that I’m not just an aunt but a great aunt..WOW. I am getting old!
I haven’t been into the Aquarium in quite a while so it was fun to go again and to watch the kids get so excited about the great ocean tank. We even got to see the divers go in to feed the fish.
They’ve added a new Shark and Ray Touch Tank since I was there last too. Everyone enjoyed that, adults and children alike.
The sea lions aren’t on a separate boat anymore either. They have a beautiful enclosure where they are out for visitors to see all the time instead of just when the trainers come in to do a show.
Catherine slipped under the sea-lion statue for a photo moment.
Cute and she thought of it all on her own.
We also squeezed in an IMAX 3D show.
We were busy every moment.
The kids were great too. After that long drive they still held up the whole afternoon. I was very impressed. George and Kelly can be very proud.
Finally as it approached closing time we headed out.
TheĀ kids, and I bet the adults too, were getting hungry. George, Kelly and the kids headed over to Faneuil Hall to the food court and I headed back to the car. I had things I had to get done so I had to beg off from dinner but the time we had together was lots of fun.
Thanks guys for inviting me along! š
Roger Williams Park and Zoo
Back from Maine life did not slow down. Summer is flying by. The deadline for the opening of my stall at Cape Cod Crafters was looming so much of my time was concentrated on getting the type of pictures they said would sell for my cards. A quick photo shoot at Nantasket and then back home to fold and package cards.
Finally the big day came, the stall was open and I was hopeful life could return to normal.
That’s when Nancy reminded me that we owed the kids theirĀ annual summer outing. I enjoy it as much as they do so we had to squeeze that in. We wanted a zoo or Aquarium so we had narrowed it down to 3 choices…the Zooquarium in Yarmouth (Cape Cod), Mystic Aquarium (Mystic , CT.) or Roger Williams Park and Zoo in Providence , RI. I compared prices and travel time andĀ Roger Williams was the closest and in the middle for price so Roger Williams it is.
I hadn’tĀ been to theĀ Zoo there in quite a while. I went theĀ Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular the last 2 years and I like the Carousel Village for pictures but it’s been closer to 20 years since I’ve been to the Zoo itself.
Here are some of the sights and scenes from the trip.
We saw a dominate tortoise “beating up” on his “lesser” cage mate. Yup. It’s 2 males jousting for dominance. It’s pretty clear which one was winning.
No Lions, Tigers and bears but for once the Snow Leopard was where it could be seen.
The Flamingos were nice and pink.
And look at that tongue on the giant ant-eater.
We spotted a cute little red panda. That was quite a hit.
Our national bird, The American Eagle was majestic as he perched in his enclosure.
I think it’s safe to say that we all had a good time.
Too many pictures, not enough room!
The kids played in the “misters” and we found the green eggsĀ to go with the ham, but I do not like Green Eggs and Ham, I do not like them Sam I AM (Dr. Seuss)
Photo of the Week ~ Week 36
This is a sight that we won’t see much longer at least not this year.
