Colin's Present

It is often very difficult to buy a present for Colin as he wants so little in the way of material goods. Last year we gave him a Red Panda encounter at the Zoo and this year, the Zoo arranged a special bird encounter for him. He met a sulphur-crested cockatoo and a blue-and-yellow macaw. The cockatoo smooched up to Colin and he just loved that, but was a little afraid of the macaw's beak! Colin so enjoys the interaction with the animals which means far more to him than any "thing" does. We spent some time wandering round the zoo which the boys treat as a big park. They know their way round the zoo so well and also know a number of the keepers there. Elton, one of the employees there, told me that there are people that go to the zoo once every five years or so, and then there are people like us who are part of the "zoo family"!