August 29, 2009

• Projects and Safari West

  I have managed to do a few projects around the house the last week or two..

  #1 is this little blanket for baby Olivia out of some stuff that I had in my box.

  

  #2 is this little tag blankie also made out of some fabric that I had and some scrap ribbons and things I'd been saving.  This is the first tag blankie I've made.  It was fun.

  

  

  #3~working in the yard.  The back fence was covered.. shrouded.. and then some with this tangle of creeping fig, and I think jasmine or honey suckle mixed in, too.  OUT of CONTROL.  Some places were so bad and shady that there were no leaves on it, just twigs and vines....

  Here is the right side of the yard, AFTER lots of work and clipping and trimming.  I filled up our huge yard waste can twice.  You can actually see the fence.

  

  

  Here is the left side of the yard/fence, that I'm still working on.  Little by little, I hope it will look like the other side soon.

  

  

  Made this little plaque with a board that I got at JoAnn's and some hooks that Dee, my M.I.L., had collected, but was getting rid of.

  

  Now my mop, broom, etc. have a place to hang in the laundry room.

  

  Then this last Tues. we went to Santa Rosa for one more visit before Chris's vacation is over.  We spent the night and went to a really great place called SAFARI WEST.  Kind of like a zoo, but CLOSE up and you get to drive through it.  Fun!

  

  

  

  Rode in some safari vehicle, Chris rode on top.

  

  

  

  

  Austin making faces at the lady sitting behind me:

  

  

  He did really well, considering the ride was about 2 hours long and there was no nap that day and we hadn't eaten lunch.  He did turn around and hold my hand though for a while.. I could tell he was getting tired. But he trooped through and liked seeing all the animals.

  

  And just a few of the animals that we saw.. I will only post the ones that I know what they are~ ha!  Most of them I don't remember what they were called, but we saw lots, and it was really FUN!

  The Ostrich was invading our personal space for sure.  Kept pecking the bench.

  

  

  Wildebeast, I think..

  

  Different kinds of cattle..

  

  

  

  

  Zebra.. (duh-ha)

  

  

  

  

  And last, can you guess?

  

  Giraffe.. my favorite, I think.

  

  

  This one got up close and personal with us like the Ostrich did.

  

  Never thought I would see a giraffe from this angle really.  He decided to lean right over and check out the top of our Jeep.

  

  

  

  

  And the little one tagging along.

  

  The place is also a resort, and has luxury safari tents set up that you can rent.  They are actual safari tents imported from Africa.

  

  

  And they had the cutest things in the gift shop, esp. since Austin's room is jungle-y.  But I didn't buy anything for his room.    It was sure fun to look though!

  

  

  The End.

   

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