More zoo pics

The Paw


... belongs to this Tiger


One of my favorite animals


The Badger (though not quite Bucky)

The Prairie Dogs (hours of entertainment!!)

Michigan visits

One of the great things about living in Wisconsin is being so much closer to friends and family. These are pics from a visit earlier this year to Kate and Ralph's in Detroit--Megan was in town from Seattle, where she lives (for a year already!) with her husband, Judd, as well as Emma, Gretal, Milo, and Simon. Kate somehow missed being photographed, but she looks just like Megan :P

Thomas, being adorable.

Allison, being a cuddle-bunny

Leah, being a monkey.

Auntie Megan, being the fun one (since Uncle Judd isn't around)

Whirleyball

Also while in Detroit we got to have some fun with Chip and Lisa playing whirlyball. I am fully convinced post-college boys sat around brainstorming fun things to relive childhood days. "Dude, you know what I miss?! BUMPER CARS." "Definitely. Bumper cars were the best." "We should open a bumper car place!" Yeah! Only with a twist--bumper cars and basketball... "WITH WIFFLE BALLS!" "Totally." And thus, whirleyball was born. Fun times....

Tom's in car 48, Chip's in 26


Get it, Tom!!!

And now the girls....


R we confused or what?!

Friday night at the Union Terrace

I never tire of sunset pictures--hope you don't either!

Friday nights for the summer have generally been spent down

at UW's amazing Memorial Union Terrace.

Enjoy some pictures from this weekend!

A little PD humor

PC to arrest "Taz" AKA "Diablo" "El Diablo Blanco" for consumption of a controlled substance, DC

M/W flamepoint Siamese cat. 18 inches/18 pounds. Suspect unlawfully opened kitchen drawer and gained access to controlled substance (cat nip) which was subsequently torn open, strewn about the floor, and consumed. In his altered state, suspect made contact with another cat and began aggressive behavior leading to conflict. The fight was on....

Room with a view

Yes, this is what I see every evening I'm home when the sun sets.
Even in Michigan, we didn't watch sunsets from our very own windows--
pretty fab for the sunset-craver I was in NC.

From the back deck

Capitol at Sunset

Nephews

The Badger

So a few weeks ago for spring break our nephews came up for an overnight. It was a fun visit, and we took two of them willing to brave downtown (who knew there'd be snow in April?) on a walking tour and saw the lakes, the PD, and of course our precious capitol building. Our smart nephs say, "Hey, can't we go inside?" Tom and I look at each other--I guess, we shrug, never having really thought about it. Sure enough--and it's pretty neat too. Enjoy a few pics from the visit.