photos from the zoo
Last week, Dave and I took a ‘research trip’ to the zoo. It was the perfect day to go – the weather was gorgeous but not too hot, and with all the kids back in school, it was practically deserted! I always love to see the animals, and African Lion Safari is very special because you can drive around inside the huge enclosures while the animals roam free. It gives you a chance to get much closer to some amazing animals than you would normally get in a zoo.
I was hoping for some inspiration for new designs, but it turns out I’ve made a lot of the animals already! Let’s take a look:
Monkey: check.
Ring-tailed lemur: check.
Elephant: check.
Llama: check. (Well, Alpaca, that’s close enough!)
Rhino: check.
What’s left? How about some of these?
These ostriches came right up to the car and looked through the window at us!
Lioness with a couple of big cubs
Deer
Awww, baby zebra!
Aww again, baby giraffe!
We had a lovely day out, and I got some great ideas, including one more which I haven’t shown above because I’m in the middle of designing the crocheted version! All will be revealed soon, and in the meantime, I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my animal photos 
Lindy said
Lovely photos – what a great day out, enjoyable and inspiring! I look forward to seeing your future designs & patterns.
Jana said
NICE!! That looks like a place I would like to visit someday! Reminds me of South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia! Ahhhh. Wish I could go there again. Sigh.
Amanda said
I love the African Lion Safari!!! When we went, a giraffe licked our window!
Puglette said
hi june! what a fun day. we have a park like this in washington state. at this park you can drive through an area with free roaming buffalo. you can feed them bread that you bring with you or buy at the entrance. we drove through one day in our small convertible. the buffalo get kind of cranky when you run out of bread. we had one bonk his head against the car with his large horn, we went home with a nice new dent. one of the buffalo stuck his face in through the car window and licked the roof…ick!
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hugs,
puglette
Christy said
Fun post, with the real critters and your critters. I can’t wait to see the new stuff!
Blue said
I vote “Giraffe”!
val said
anything you make will be AMAZING!