I love the Zoo

Took Miss Widget to the zoo again today. I love going there, she likes being outside and seeing the animals, and we all have a good time. Today's trip was made especially to see the world's largest bats that they currently have on exhibit. They were amazing. HUGE and transfixing. I probably could have stood there watching them for an hour if Widget hadn't gotten bored. We played for a while at the playground; Widget learned how to climb her first ladder (with some help from Mommy and Daddy) and she got to pet a goat!

We went through Butterfly Landing, and I think that was Widget's favorite part. Forget the giraffes, kangaroos and zebras, my kid wanted to see the 3 inch big butterflies that were 15 feet above her head. Weird kid. They had a few butterflys that had just come out of their cocoons and were still drying off. The cocoons were kind of creepy, though interesting.

I wish we had a better zoo in Boston; I wish the one we have hadn't gotten its budget slashed after we MA residents voted for a tax cut (No, I did not vote for the cut, but most everyone else did). I'm debating whether it's better to do a membership to the zoo (high membership rolls doesn't hurt when it comes to budget time) or to pay my admission everytime we go (if we keep going as often as we have been, we'd pay more in admission fees than a membership costs). I suppose we should buy the membership, then make up the difference in donations. Hmmmm, that might just be the ticket.

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Book club tonight, and it was even fun!

I felt like we had a great discussion of the book (Great Expectations). Or at least we all had strong opinions and thoughts about it, and I think most everyone liked it well enough at least. Then there was discussion of the movie they made of The Golden Bowl, which was our disastrous first book club selection that only one person even came close to finishing. I watched the movie kast night, and didn't much like it, and it was interesting to hear what was different about it than the book. Now that I have some idea of what the story of it is, I may actually try to pick the book back up, but maybe I'll just find something I actually want to read instead.

Next, we read Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. I read it in college, but don't remember a thing about it. I'm looking forward to revisiting it. Hopefully, it's one of the books that got unpacked when we moved, so I won't even need to buy it.

I'm currently reading Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. It hasn't grabbed me the way My Antonia and O Pioneers did, but I'm not very far into it yet. It's not that long, so even if it never truly engages me, I think I'll finish it, and maybe even return it to the library on time. Not sure what I want to read after that. Thoughts?