Getting out there
May. 5th, 2026 03:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petrea_mitchellBy lunchtime Wednesday I had nothing to do other than mope around the house, so I thought it might be better to go out and do something. I went over to Lloyd Center, which I've been wanting to do for a while, since it has turned into something of a geek outpost as it awaits remodeling. I checked out the Star Wars installation, learned about two new local cons from the bulletin board at Dicepool, and bought some nonfiction books on sale for $5 each at what's now the B&N outlet store. I also got a small bag of kettle corn at Carmel Corn, and discovered that the arcade museum space is closed during the week, oh well.
Sunday I went out to the zoo, another thing I've wanted to do for a while, particularly to see the baby elephant and the new cougars. One of the cougars was hiding and the other was only visible as a tail dangling from a platform high up, but the baby elephant was on full view, alternately eating and trying to figure out a stick.
I also caught the keeper talk at the alligator exhibit, which only happens on Sundays. First time I've ever seen the alligator actually moving around.
One other unusual sight: some new shade structures are being built, which means the zoo has gotten out its faux exhibit signs for the construction equipment. They have cod-Latin names (e.g. "Scoopius Treadius"), fun facts, and a diagram comparing the equipment size to an average polar bear.
Getting out in the fresh air and sun is doing me some good.
Sunday I went out to the zoo, another thing I've wanted to do for a while, particularly to see the baby elephant and the new cougars. One of the cougars was hiding and the other was only visible as a tail dangling from a platform high up, but the baby elephant was on full view, alternately eating and trying to figure out a stick.
I also caught the keeper talk at the alligator exhibit, which only happens on Sundays. First time I've ever seen the alligator actually moving around.
One other unusual sight: some new shade structures are being built, which means the zoo has gotten out its faux exhibit signs for the construction equipment. They have cod-Latin names (e.g. "Scoopius Treadius"), fun facts, and a diagram comparing the equipment size to an average polar bear.
Getting out in the fresh air and sun is doing me some good.
