Flowers

These are from our hiking trip in June to Presquile Park in Brighton. These were all taken along the boardwalk and mostly growing in water (sorry I don't know the names of them!) Look closely and see if you can see the little insects that "jumped" into my shots! :-) The dragonfly in the last photo is supposed to be there!

A Variety of Zoo Animals

Today I have included a little bit of everything, well not EVERYTHING, but different zoo animals! I think I've finally exhausted my zoo animals from our last trip there..may have to go again soon! Anyway, I'm sure I'll find some other animals to include next week as I have a few (million) taking up space on my external drives! :-)

So, for this week, I'm including the following:

1st Pic- West Caucasian Tur (yep, that's their name, don't ask)

2nd Pic- Dhole, Asiatic Wild Dog (again, don't ask!)

3rd Pic-American Reindeer (he was striking a pose!)

4th Pic-Red Panda (I can never get a good shot of these guys..it's not like they move fast or anything, but they do spend most of their day sleeping!)

5th Pic-Snow Leopard (shot through glass, so not the best quality..have to try again next time)

6th Pic-Siberian Tiger (love these guys and he looked so cute here, pretending to sleep)

The Polar Bear!

Welcome back! I hope everyone is enjoying this icy/snowy weather we've been getting lately! I could have done without the Hydro being off for 9hrs or more yesterday, but other than that it looks very pretty! I am posting my weekly post early this week as the girls and I are heading to Ottawa for the weekend...We were suppose to go today after work, but the roads are too darn yucky for me and Ottawa is getting it worse than we are, so we'll hopefully head that way tomorrow morning!

Anyway, here are some shots of the polar bear from the Toronto Zoo. There was another one in the back cage area, but he wasn't in camera-shot, so I only got photos of this one...He/she was pretty lazy as you can see from these pics. These aren't my best pics, but they were shot through glass, so all in all, I was happy with them!

Enjoy!

Last of the Lions

As promised in my last post, I've included some more pictures of the lions. I love the big cats!! I'm not sure if this is a female or the male lion without a mane (as we had heard).

Sorry if some of these look similar, if I happened to like the pose or facial expression, I included it!

I'll have some different zoo animals for you next week (probably some polar bear shots)!

Have a great week!!



Lions

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas Day! I've been getting a lot of rest and as I had hoped..doing nothing at times!

Here are some shots of lions from the Toronto Zoo, when Melissa and I were there in November. They were pretty laid back as you can see from the shots below...the last picture makes him look like he's growling at us, but he was just finishing his yawn and I kept clicking away! He did have reason to look so annoyed with us because we were making some noise to get his attention....It worked!

I'll have more shots of the other lion next time! We thought it was a female but a couple of people mentioned that he was a male too, just that his mane hadn't grown in!  Enjoy!

Happy New Year to everyone! Please enjoy and be safe!

Next post---in 2012!!

Merry Christmas!

I'd like to wish all the visitors to my little corner in cyberspace a VERY Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too! I hope you all get a chance to enjoy some time off!

That's what I'm looking forward to the most...time off from the daily grind! Get a chance to hang out and relax and do NOTHING if I want and of course, catch up on my sleep!

Anyway, whatever you'll be doing this holiday..ENJOY yourself and please be SAFE!

This week I'm adding some elephant shots. I didn't realize how hard these guys were to shoot until I was actually there trying to shoot them! I think because they are so BIG and then that long trunk doesn't help either! Anyway, I'm happy with these ones, so I thought I'd include them this week.

They made the CBC news this week as they are going to be moved to California in 2012 as the climate here is supposedly too cold for them..hopefully all will go well for them during the trip and they'll enjoy their new home...I am going to miss them though! :-(

 



The Cheetah!

Here are my favourite shots of the cheetah taken at the Toronto Zoo in November. He was just hanging out and watching a bunch of school kids. Enjoy!

Have a great week!