Wild Lights

Sophie ( 9 yrs.) and Matthew

Matthew successfully turned eleven years old shortly after Christmas, which we celebrated with a trip to the zoo. We went early enough to see some animals, and then enjoyed the Christmas lights after dark.


At our first stop, a lioness extended her birthday greeting to Matthew. He promptly shot her...with the digital camera that we gave him as a gift (purchased used off of eBay). He did not have to zoom in. She walked right up to us, as we prayed that the plexi-glass would prove to be an adequate barrier (reminiscent of another zoo trip.)


Picture by Matthew
Bye lioness! Thanks for some birthday excitement.


My current header (also posted here for the time when it will change) features pictures of Dahl's sheep (white) and Big Horn sheep taken by Evan and Matthew on this trip.

Picture by Matthew


Picture by Matthew
Hay there, pachyderm!


Picture by Evan


Evan "swirled" his camera around to produce this impressionistic Christmas lights picture.


Picture by Evan


Picture by Evan