A Few (More) From the Zoo

Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario

 Welcome back!

This week I have another variety pack of animals to highlight...

1st pic-the Blue-Crowned Motmot - a close-up this time

2nd pic-a Snake-not sure what kind as I didn't want to spend hours looking at various snakes on the Zoo website or I'd have nightmares about snakes! :-)

3rd-A cute Sloth

4th-Green Anemone (shot thru glass)

5th-American Alligator

6th-Skinks

7th & 8th-A Bearded Dragon

That's all for this week!

Have a great week!

Bird Kingdom, Pt.3

Bird Kingdom, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Welcome Back!

This week I have more of the critters found at the beginning of Bird Kingdom displays...some of these you can even touch as you can see from the 2nd and 3rd photos. Kevin was petting the bearded dragon and he seemed to like it! :-)

Other photos include a white cockatoo and a eclectus parrot, who is so very colourful! 

Well, another fast week at work, which is good I guess! I love the variety of the job as well as working with all that crafty goodness! :-) The only downside of working there is that I don't get very many days off this holiday season as in past jobs..but I like the job, so I don't mind it all that much! :-)

We are heading to get Brooke in Waterloo tomorrow, so I'm posting a day early. She will be home for a couple of weeks and Kevin is off too for a couple of weeks. Keturah and I will be the ones working through the holidays! 

Anyway, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, as I won't likely post until after the holidays. We are hoping to get to Ottawa for a visit at some point too!

Have a great holiday season! 

Bird Kingdom, Pt. 2

Bird Kingdom, Niagara Falls, Ontario

 Welcome Back!

This time I have some other creatures to highlight. These are found on the first floor of the Bird Kingdom...Just to warm you up before you go into the bird aviaries.

You will find below: tortoises, bearded dragons, a lizard of some sort and a burmese python pile. I'm glad it was sleeping, as I hate to watch them slither around! :-)

This week went by quickly as they all seem to! I worked in the store a bit and also helped get displays ready for their trip to California to the big CHA show in January. I will be teaching some classes in January too! I hope people sign up for them! :-) 

This weekend was spent Xmas shopping, visiting friends at the Lazy Gardener and at an Epicure Open House too! Today we finally decked our halls, here at the Maracle Homestead. I should say, Keturah did. I've been busy getting my cards ready to mail out and doing laundry and cooking a nice dinner and doing some paperwork for SMaracle Designs! Fun stuff!

Have a great week!

Bearded Creatures

Today is a snow day and work closed, so I'm puttering around the house and thought it was time to udpate the blog! Here are some pictures taken at the Bird Kingdom in Niagara Falls! Yes, they have a few other things besides birds! Here are some pictures of bearded dragons (first 3 pics) and iguanas (last 2 pics).

They were loose, walking around the room, so we got to touch and pet them and you could also get your photo professionally-done with one of these lovely-looking creatures! I pet them, but didn't want to pick one up! I thought I had rough, winter skin!!!