Did the post title perk you up for a minute in that supermarket tabloid kind of way? Did you wonder if perhaps I was finally going to admit to some colorful personal details that might make your day a little more interesting? Well I'm going to dash your hopes. My hot date was just an artist date I've been promising myself since we moved to a town with its own small zoo. I'm as sick of all the boxes and unpacking as you would be if I kept posting about it, so time for a field trip!
There's nothing quite as sleepy (and smelly) as a zoo on a hot summer day. All the animals are hidden away in the shade somewhere and the flies are out in abundance. I was also counting on the fact that the humans would hide away in their air-conditioning, leaving the zoo to me, my sketchbook and the hot animals.
Of course first I had to find some animals to sketch...
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| Water - relief from the heat and the flies. |
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| This big guy found a comfy hollow in the dirt in which to sleep away the day. The rock provided a little privacy from all the paparazzi. |
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| A couple of hot mountain goats dreaming of cool green alpine meadows. |
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| Let's not give in to all the roasted turkey comments we could make. |
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| This marmot was not part of any zoo exhibit and seemed unfazed by the heat. |
