Buddha (Sunday Sketches)

This guy is in the garden at the cottage where I'm staying. I absolutely love him and want one for my garden. My kids say he's the stuff nightmares are made of :(

Sort of compromise, I've drawn his face a little differently, less scary (all agreed!) I'm still going to look for one for my garden...they can just look in the other direction...lol. Sketchy (pun intended) wifi signal up here so I'm amazed I got this posted. Going to try and look at other Sunday Sketches while having my coffee. Happy SS everyone.

Toronto Zoo

We took a trip to the Toronto Zoo yesterday to see the Panda exhibit. It's been 12 years since we've been there. My oldest son wasn't even 3 the last time. It was an amazing day. My youngest took a lot of the photos (so I have a whole album going up on my facebook page of "Animal Butts"...he thought this was hilarious.) I did however get to use the camera before it ran out of batteries...lol.

Close Up... the Python (never need to see one of these again...shudders)

The first set of pics is my oldest son. I took a picture of him in the same place as 12 years ago. The second set is of Charles the gorgeous Silverback Gorilla that made me feel something so tranquil deep inside the first time I saw him. He's now 41 years old (apparently he could live into his 50's) but he looked a little tired this time around. He still does something to my heart though.

Wordless Wednesday- Even the strongest forces have moments of calm

I've been spending a lot of one on one time with my Force of Nature, since his older brother is doing summer camps. While I can see him maturing so much as he gets older, it still surprises me when I take a photo of him (like this one) and it makes me feel calm and tranquil. I <3 this little monkey so much.