lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

I was supposed to finish sanding and staining a rocking chair today. Instead, I tagged along to the Toronto Zoo with my sister and her little friends.



It was such a great day for it too, plus the polar bears are back! We saw every primate there (which is a ridiculous load), every beautiful wildcat, and the kamodo dragon the zoo got when I was a toddler. We saw all the African animals, the Canadian, the animals of the Americas.



Unfortunately, besides the polar bears, we skipped over the Arctic Tundra, which I wanted to see the most. Snow foxes and wolves and owls. It's the newest area of the zoo, having just opened this month after a lengthy renovation. And, gosh darn it, I wanted to see it!



A couple of her friends went to Stringray Bay to feel up some stingrays and sharks, while me and my sis took the ridiculously long bus ride home. But while waiting at the station my friend Imaan somehow found us on her way home from work at the ROM.

And now, after a looong day of walking in the sun, my feet hurt and my shin aches (thanks to the couch attacking me a few days ago), but I'm glad I went. Fun times, man, even with the dead bird and swarm of wasps under our table at lunch.