Bargains – 5 litres Brilliant White Paint £5.47 & Kids Ferrari &Lamborghini Driving Experience £99 & Oak Sideboard £199 & North Cyprus Holiday 2 wks Half Board & 3rd week free £299
We only ate half of my birthday cake and Torin didn’t want us to leave it there, so we brought it back with us. We had it in a box but woke up to find it covered in ants….it is now in the bin!
We were up early and as we have our annual passes for Howletts, we drove over there ready for opening time. I think we were the first ones in. It only takes about 20 minutes for us to get there.
On our last visit we saw the first appearance of the two hand reared Siberian Tiger Cubs and they were playing with the keepers. Now sadly there is only the female Arina. Her brother Kazimir had epilepsy from birth and died when he was only 7 and a half months. The keeper told us that Arina cried for 2 days. Arina has problems too with brittle bones and has already had one operation and she limps. She will be undergoing more treatment as she gets older. But she is beautiful. She kept rolling on her back as if she wanted someone to tickle her tummy.
We walked around more and stopped at the gorillas. They fascinate me and always have. One of them just sat by the fence and stared at me, so I made the most of it and took photos of him. Then suddenly he jumped up, took a handful of poo-ey straw and threw it straight at me. I stank! He obviously didn’t like me taking photos. Of course Mal thought it was hysterical. I had to wash my coat when I got home.
Meanwhile Mal was keeping the baby gorilla entertained. He beat his chest, so Mal did. He ran up the side of the cage, so Mal ran and then he started copying everything Mal did. I think he was bored!!
Anyway, it was a good day apart from my smelly coat! Back home and we had to take the rental car back.
Thought for the Day – “An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” ~ Martin Buber