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lydamorehouse) wrote2013-05-14 03:19 pm
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Ban Sai!
The Como Zoo has been doing a lot of renovation. One of the things they've added is a bonsai "garden." They always had a display, but they've arranged it now so that when you're head to the Japanese garden you stroll through a special gallery that displays not only the bansai, but also some of the traditional tea ceremony equipment for the tea hut they have. Some day, I'm going to register for one of their tea ceremonies. Maybe this year...
At any rate, Shawn took half a day off to spend with Mason and me, and we decided to check out the zoo. Of course today it decided to try to hit 90 degrees (F). I ended up taking a lot of pictures of the bonsai garden because not a lot was blooming yet in the Japanese garden (because...uh, it was snowing last week.)
Bonsai!
The garden itself is fairly lovely, though like I said, not a lot is blooming yet. It was funny because I kept forgetting that it was only last week that we were still shoveling, and I'd say things like, "Why don't they have the water for the seals out yet?" Oh... right! Or, "why aren't there more icecream stands ready yet?" Oh... right. I guess Minnesota winters are the kind of pain you forget.
Japanese Garden!
We walked around and looked at the animals a bit too, but most of the big cats were asleep in the sun. The ram was funny though. It really wanted to butt heads with someone, and there was a reindeer on the other side of its fence that it tried to engage. The reindeer yawned tauntingly, while the ram kept kind of rushing the fence a bit. It was funny, mostly because the reindeer couldn't have been less impressed.
In about a half hour, Mason and I are going to make our way over to the capitol to watch the governor sign the Marriage Equality Act bill into law. It should be quite the party. If I can, I'll try to get pictures of that too.
At any rate, Shawn took half a day off to spend with Mason and me, and we decided to check out the zoo. Of course today it decided to try to hit 90 degrees (F). I ended up taking a lot of pictures of the bonsai garden because not a lot was blooming yet in the Japanese garden (because...uh, it was snowing last week.)
Bonsai!
The garden itself is fairly lovely, though like I said, not a lot is blooming yet. It was funny because I kept forgetting that it was only last week that we were still shoveling, and I'd say things like, "Why don't they have the water for the seals out yet?" Oh... right! Or, "why aren't there more icecream stands ready yet?" Oh... right. I guess Minnesota winters are the kind of pain you forget.
Japanese Garden!
We walked around and looked at the animals a bit too, but most of the big cats were asleep in the sun. The ram was funny though. It really wanted to butt heads with someone, and there was a reindeer on the other side of its fence that it tried to engage. The reindeer yawned tauntingly, while the ram kept kind of rushing the fence a bit. It was funny, mostly because the reindeer couldn't have been less impressed.
In about a half hour, Mason and I are going to make our way over to the capitol to watch the governor sign the Marriage Equality Act bill into law. It should be quite the party. If I can, I'll try to get pictures of that too.