An invitation…

…from the Save The Woodland Park Nocturnal House Facebook group.

Please take some time on Monday to contact the Zoo, the Seattle City Council(with Sally Bagshaw who chairs the Parks committee as the key person), and anyone else you think can help!

Contact info for the City: www.seattle.gov/council/councilcontact.htm

Contact info for the Zoo: webkeeper@zoo.org

Please emphasize that they need to give us a chance to save this exhibit and that we want to work with them to both save it for the near term and also work for a long term solution to make the exhibit more energy efficient and sustainable.

There's some fatalism to some of the comments there that makes me wonder if whatever is done is going to be too little, too late, but it's worth doing whatever you can to save this unique, entertaining and educational habitat. Take a few minutes on Monday to help save the night.

Thanks...

...to the Younger Daughter Of Upper Left (aka The Princess) and her Prince Charming for as fine a Father's Day gift as I've ever had - and I've been a father a good long while now. I finally cashed it in today - a trip to Woodland Park Zoo with the Quarterback. The Brilliant and Beautiful Bride of Upper Left was along (appropriate since none of this - literally - would have been possible without her.)

Funny a day with a two year old can make everything just a little bit better and brighter, even in a classic northwest summer drizzle. These days, anyway. Don't remember it exactly that way when my crew were two, but it is to remember that far back.

This scene, at the intersection of the bears and otters, produced the picture of the day...



Really a wonderful day (have I mentioned that my grandson is not only perfectly behaved but brilliant beyond his years? Consider it mentioned. And it's true... really, it is.)

Thanks again to the kids for the gift, the BBBUL for the company and the Quarterback for all the joy he brings to my world.