Whipsnade Zoo

Visited Whipsnade Zoo today, after nursery.. Was a wonderful visit as always, it was 2011 the last time I was there... 

And oddly May 11 2008 came up in my memories this morning! 

From a quick look I thought I'd caught the steam from the engine above as it existed the funnel, but it isn't! It's a break in the trees! Optical illusion eh!

Caught this ferret having a nose out of this pipe! So cute!

I didn't seem to take any good photographs today, took lots of goats, and giraffes!

All extremely tired..

Wanted to talk about last evening, like I'm going to forget it..

I'm not but just in case! 

Went to eat at a lovely pub about ten minutes from here, very nice pub, french cuisine, ate there last time I was here, back in October last year..

We were chatting to the owner and waitress..

Oh! Nearly forgot, we walked in discussing what drinks we wanted and lo and behold on the bar.. our two drinks! 

But they were for someone else, but still strange, not maybe two drinks one would normal put together even!

So we, chatting to owner and waitress, we moved seats and it was almost like being with friends more than a restaurant!

She came out and said something about the strong garlic smell and that they were cooking frogs legs! 

I hadn't had them in over twenty years! And my friend, never, so we shared a plate of them! Very very nice... 

Then second course chicken and third I knew what I wanted.. an amazing nougat with glace fruits in a beautiful custard..

My friends dessert was Crepe Suzette, and we enjoyed the performance and theatre of them being prepared at our table..

All evening we talked and laughed with them, and when we came around to pay, the people whose drinks we had shared the same tastes as were sat there now, having come in from outside..

And one of them told me I had an amazing energy around me, have I said that right? Not some spooky thing, he meant, said I had a good energy! 

I guess they had been listening, to my rather loud voice lols.. and the over all conversations going on the whole evening..

It was a nice compliment, made me feel better.. you know.. Sometimes we need a boost, and I'm taking that! 

We forget how we are.. and I always used to be that bubbly live wire ... Lost my spark...

And I've not been feeling that for a while now..

Not meaning to sound weird about this.. 

Do you know know what I mean? 

M.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

John Muir - 1838-1914 - Author