Micke Grove Rose Garden

After visiting the zoo I drove by the Rose Garden and stopped to take some shots of the flowers.

I am also using the new logo Serena made for me the other day.

The Rose Garden is a memorial dedicated to William G. Micke, "A man who liked people" on May 4, 1969.

Here are my shots from the garden.

Micke Grove Zoo

After doing a child shoot in Micke Grove I went into the zoo to play with the animals. Some where way too cute.

I took many close-ups of the faces, feet, hands (paws) and some of the flowers within the zoo.

I spent the most of my time with the top two I posted here.

Here are the Ring-Tailed Lemur. I loved the coloring on these animals. And the eyes -- they were so focused.

The other family I spent the most time with were the Golden Lion Tamarin. This cute little baby was born on May 6 -- Also the day one of my best friends Erika gave birth to her little Elle.

This little baby stayed on the back of the father the bulk of the time, but during feeding it roamed along. The zookeeper said the baby would stay on the backs of the father and the brother, but never the mother after the first week.

Here is the little family shot. The baby can be seen right under the tree branch on the back of the left Golden Lion Tamarin.

Here's a better shot of the baby, but I didn't like the way the twig got in the way of the father's face.

Back to the Ring-Tailed Lemur. I loved the way her was hanging on the fence.

The little foot on the fence.

The final of my favorite shots of the Ring-Tailed Lemur.

Here is a Green Iguana. He was just sitting on a tree in his area.

Another one of my favorite shots. It's the arm of the Black-Handed Spider Monkeys.

From May to September the zoo has a new area for the Lorikeets. These little birds were so colorful and each one had it's own different look.

I loved how this one's feathers were ruffled while it was cleaning it's fur.

One of the many flowers around the zoo.

Another bird with ruffled feathers. This bird is called a Scarlet Ibis.

These little guys were so cute. I loved how the "mommy and child" were swimming together and gave each other a little "kiss."

The vibrant colors of the flowers just popped out with all the green bushes and trees around.

These little guys were so cute. They are Prevost's Squirrels. I loved the tri-coloring.

This one is near a little basket where food was placed.

One of the other squirrels running around the trees.

Purple is one of my favorite colors, which I think is what drew me to this bird. It's a Purple Glossy Starling. It hails from Senegal and North Zaire, which is East to Sudan and West of Kenya.

The final flower photo I have.

This is the second time I taken shots of this Bald Eagle. I know this because his other eye is solid white.

And his feet.

This guy, a Cotton-Topped Tamarin, was pretty active the second time I came around. He was running around and eating some food. I got a shot with his tongue out, which I liked quite a bit.

This is the arm of the Hamadryas Baboon. He was reaching out to get some different green from which were inside his area.

His face. I always feel the baboons are sad looking, but it's almost like looking into a humans eyes.

This is just a wild squirrel, but I thought it was too cute the way he was laying down near the baboon cages wither resting or getting some sun.

The Waldrapp Ibis, a critically endangered bird rests on a rock.

This little guy is a Standing's Day Gecko who comes from Southwest Madagascar.

The Black and White Ruffled Lemur was hiding the first go-around I had done, but I went back to see if some were out and he was one of the three I missed, but snapped during my second round of the zoo.

The Swainson's Hawk looked right at me for one shot before she flew to a different area.

This little ones were pretty active, but I got a shot of this guy, a Black Tufted-Ear Marmoset, while he was looking back at me.

In the same cage as the Marmoset was two (a male and female) Yellow-Knobbed Curassow.

I had to go back to the Snow Leopard cage three time to caught a glimpse and the third time was the charm, but it was just sleeping.

In the same atrium as the Waldrapp Ibis were these pretty blue birds called European Rollers, which live from Europe to Central Asia and winters in Southern Africa.

Wedding centerpieces

I took photos of all the different flowers which were added to the jars for the centerpiece for our wedding. You will view eight photos: one of the entire jar -- two a close-up of the four different flowers.

This is my favorite flower because it's so sliver and glittery.