At the Zoo

Just some wild things at the zoo!
Fredrik and his uncles, Anders and Christian, pose with an unidentified cougar

My brother and sister-in-law decided to take the kids and grandkids to the Hogle Zoo before the summer was gone.  (The Hogle Zoo is located near Salt Lake City, Utah.)

It was a beautiful, if warm, summer's day.  Just perfect for ice cream and seeing all the wonderful animals.

A little heffalump baby

The Hogle Zoo is a wonderful place, as attested to many times in this blog.  We've blogged about the cats there, but never about the elephants.  I love that little baby elephant (above).  What a cutie.

Little Miss Livia, age 2,  had a very nice time at the zoo with her Farfar and Farmor (Her grandparents, or Daddy's father and mother, as they are called in Swedish.).

Enjoying an ice cream on a hot day

Goldfish crackers, ice cream and elephants, it doesn't get any better than this!

Okay, Farfar!  Enough with the pictures, already!

In case you were wondering, all these photos were taken with an old 1950s model Rolleiflex on 120 black and white film, by my brother (aka Farfar), who loves to play with old cameras.  I truly enjoy the sharp contrast of black and white photography.  It always makes things seem more interesting, somehow.

Not that I would like a world without color! I'm just saying you tend to see things in black and white film that you don't necessarily notice using color.  It's as if form and texture suddenly take center stage, and photo composition becomes more meaningful.

Like this photo of Fredrik slurping down his ice cream cone.

I love this photo!

Fredrik will be turning 4 years old soon!

Although it was a rather hot summer's day, the kids really did enjoy their time at the zoo, giraffes and all.

Giraffes busy doing giraffe things at the Hogle Zoo

Below, we see Farmor by the giraffe enclosure..

Does she look like a grandmother to you?

Nope.  Not to me, either!

I hope you've enjoyed this short family sojourn to the Zoo.

Have a great day!