Good Long Weekend

Well, I see it's been a while since I posted. Since the great Monkey post of May, I have finished knitting another pair of socks and an afghan. I have started a scarf that will be donated, most likely to the Goodwill and continued a lace wrap for myself. Knitting update over.

This weekend was really fun. On the fourth, we went to the Minnesota Zoo and saw their new "Russia's Grizzly Coast" exhibit. It was really pretty good. We mostly saw the sea otters. I think it was a bit warm for the bears, and the leopards are still getting used to the habitat and trying their best to stay hidden. Although a keeper told us where to stand to see one of them in their hididng place. It was pretty neat. We had dinner at the 'rents and then stopped at Fox's to return canoe straps and a paddle. By the time we were driving home, all the suburbs were starting up their fireworks. So we saw bits of fireworks displays all the way home in the dusk. That was very cool. I think fireworks look better at dusk than in pitch black. Something about dusk just seems to make lights stand out more than in total darkness. I can't explain it, but it is neat.

On Saturday we went to the Lyndale Rose Garden. We managed to hit it just right, as pretty much all of the roses were in full bloom and hardly any had started to wilt. It was warm, but not too bad. A nice day to be outside. Once we got home from grocery shopping I continued to enjoy the great outdoors in my hammock. Today was vegging and laundry. All in all an excellent weekend.