Longwood Gardens and a trip to the Zoo
Categories: Uncategorized, Photography
The Longwood Gardens photo set is up and viewable. (A blooming, fragrant butterfly bush is pictured here. No, don’t adjust your settings, you won’t be able to smell the picture.) A little bit of springy, flower happiness to start the week. Me, I’m more excited about the view out my window. The snow almost covers up the grass!
Yes, I’m pleased to announce that there’s finally some snow on the ground here that might stay more than a moment! We got about an inch of snow overnight. (Just in time for birthday glee!) I had planned to take today off and go to the Zoo anyway… the Zoo with a dusting of snow? Bonus. (Another feature was that I didn’t feel as crappy this morning as I did all weekend! Yay!)
So, I got a little trigger happy at the Zoo today. But you see, the animals that were out were vaguely active! And I could get shots I couldn’t previously because I think there were fewer than 10 visitors at the Zoo today. I do not exaggerate. I saw more employees than visitors.
By “trigger happy” I mean I took over 400 photos. The rapid-fire feature was definitely working. The Amur leopard has the most hypnotic eyes. The peacocks were out. One of the polar bears was not sleeping. The red panda was sleeping! I actually got to view the Giant River Otters without people in the way! Photos to come later as it took over an hour just to transfer from the card to my computer.
tags: butterfly bush, longwood gardens, philadelphia zoo, photographs, photography, snow, winter, zoo
