the off season

I took the kids to the cold and forgotten zoo last week and we were nearly the only visitors there.  But the zoo keeps on keepin' on.  Even in the winter months.  The animals all still have to eat and sleep and care for their babies and be silly.  It's just that nobody's watching.  If there were parents and children standing outside my habitat, watching my day, they'd have to eat a lot of Crack Jacks before they'd find me where we found her--at the top of her perch, bathing in the last of the day's light.

Here's hoping we all can get to the top of our perches this week and let the sun shine on our face with our hair looking as perfect as hers.