brush your skin
eat an artichoke heart
burn a bridge
blow a kiss
sit on something uncomfortable
wrangle a parakeet
read something upside down
hold someone's extra clammy hand
break a dish
saddle a donkey
plan a nap
pinch a loaf
cream an egg
squeeze a stranger's forearm
join a parade
count to a trillion and five
subtract and add at the same time
knit a pantyliner
fill in a dimple
roll in a ballpit
highfive a whale
Some beautiful ear goodness indeed:
Miss Beckett has a major crush on a great-horned owl named Julio at the Audubon Society here in Portland. To keep her little heart from breaking, each week we pay a visit to Julio and his feathered friends Sid (the red-tailed hawk) and Ruby (the turkey vulture).
This morning after visiting Julio, Ruby and Sid, we decided to go to the zoo to check out some other earthly creatures. I have conflicting thoughts on zoos. I hate thinking that animals are trapped in an artificial environment and put on display for funny humans to ogle and snap pictures of. But on the other hand, I realize that all of the animals in the Portland zoo are rehabilitated and domesticated animals that wouldn't survive fourteen minutes in the wild.
Alas.
Here are a few visual bits from today's animal adventuring.
