Dave’s been a little on the grumpy side lately, and our regular thrifting trips didn’t seem to be lifting his spirits. I needed something a little more drastic.

So Saturday morning, first thing, I told him to get dress – we were going on an adventure! And we headed to one of our favourite places!

Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens. Nothing like a petting zoo with some goats to cheer a guy up!

Just look at that smile!

Of course, it’s not just the goats he loves – but the parrots too.

This is Blue and Scarlet – and I think they liked Dave as much as he liked them. He had them both right over to him in seconds. Long time readers may recall that Dave had a small parrot through his teens/twenties named Jack.

I took the fancy camera this time to get some really good pics but it’s tricky with the lighting and cages. I did get these awesome ones of Blue though. Just look at that beak!

Last year when we went, they had two Lemurs. I assume they still do. But one must have been off sleeping somewhere and the one that was out wasn’t feeling super social. This is the best pic I got. Oh well – Lemurs need time off too.

They had some beautiful fancy chickens.

And an army of odd-looking guinea fowl.

The llamas were feeling especially chill. That one on the left was having llama dreams… his feet kicking while he slept.

They seemed to have less animals than last year – but they did still have my favourite lizard

I do love a Bearded Dragon and this guy was a very handsome specimen.

After our time in the petting zoo, we headed in and checked out the arcade. Dave somehow talked me into playing a first-person shooter zombie game (definitely not my favourite type of game)…. and I managed to live a few minutes longer than he did, which was pretty funny.

And of course, before we left, I picked up a few new plant babies… but I’ll share those another day!