We were at Disney Animal Kingdom a couple of days ago. One of the attractions at the park is the Kilimanjaro Safaris. The Safari provides the chance to see African animals including giraffes, black rhinos and lions, as they roam the 100-acre savanna in the Africa area of the Disney Animal Kingdom theme park. After boarding a jeep we headed into the animal reserve, off our jeep went, down the bumpy dirt trail and into Africa! Our driver pointed out the various wildlife -- but didn't stop long enough for photos, barely paused. The first time we went on the Safari the driver paused longer. Below are a couple of pictures taken during the Safari. Despite the short stops (not more than 5 seconds) below are some pictures that hubby took.

The Hippopotami don't seem to mind the Vultures and vice versa.

Gazelles are known as swift animals – some are able to run at bursts as high as 60 miles per hour (97 km/h), or run at a sustained speed of 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).[1] Gazelles are mostly found in the deserts, grasslands and savannas of Africa, but they are also found in southwest and central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. They tend to live in herds and will eat less coarse, easily digestible plants and leaves.

This Giraffe was about a foot away from our jeep!

The wildebeest also called the Gnu. Gnus belong to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, and other even-toed horned ungulates

After the Safari it was onto the Maharajah Jungle Treck.

A Komodo Dragon, the world's largest lizard, resides near a waterfall at the beginning of the Maharajah Jungle Trek. It is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 meters (9.8 ft) in rare cases and weighing up to around 70 kilograms (150 lb).

One of the highlights of this tour is the Asian tigers. There are 3 separate viewing areas where you can watch these majestic animals play. The tigers must have been tired from all their playing as they were sleeping soundly when we passed. It didn't matter, they are beautiful creatures.

Oops don't know what these are.

Continued on to the Bat Cliffs and observed the Rodrigues Fruit and Malayan Flying Fox bat species.

Malayan Flying Fox, I think

There are more than 50 species of exotic birds. These are a few that we encountered.

Dogs unleashed inside Zynga's offices

Social gaming company Zynga is named after founder and CEO Mark Pincus' beloved dog Zinga. The company lets dogs roam unleashed inside its new San Francisco headquarters and offers pet insurance to employees.

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I caught Tony's cold, it's a head cold stuffy nose and head-achy no sore throat no fever.  It's 4:43 PM, 57F and overcast.  Glad I went for a walk this morning when the sun was out. 

I was getting a little restless this afternoon, so I put on some music and started to dance around to it.  Then I found a couple of Zumba videos on the internet and followed along with them.  It was fun, not as much fun as doing it in a class but it did the trick.

Have you watch The Firm? Based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham, "The Firm" is a new series that continues the story of attorney Mitchell McDeere.  I watched the pilot and the second episode, the writing acting and plot so far is excellent.  It's the best thing I've seen on TV in a long time. 

Happy New Year

I started this post a week ago left it and forgot to come back and finish it. 

Oh my it's been two months since the last time I posted, maybe I should just give it up but I cannot bring myself to give up my blog.  I am too attached to it. 

I terminated the contract I took last May.  I did have an option to continue working for a few months more but we wanted to get away from the cold.  I miss working but hopefully I will get another contract in the Spring.  I also miss working out at the gym.  Can't find a gym with a class schedule that suits me.  When I feel guilty (about once a week) I play one of my exercise videos.

We will be staying in Florida until April.  Tony has been sick with a bad cold for the last couple of days, so we haven't done much.   Hopefully he will start feeling better soon so we can both enjoy the nice weather.

Now I know why I haven't done any blogging, lack of things to write about.

I don't do much web surfing but this site David Lebovitz, living the sweet life in Paris
caught my eye.  David Lebovitz was a professional cook and baker who has worked in restaurants in San Francisco and Paris.  He left the restaurant business to pursue writing books.  The photos and recipes are inspiring and of course it helps that the many of the stories are about food and Paris.