Going To The Zoo, Zoo, Zoo

 

A few weeks ago I went to Edinburgh Zoo for the first time. I'm not usually a huge fan of zoos, but this one really is lovely. The newly redone penguin area is brilliant, and we were lucky enough to see some of the brand new tiny baby penguins too. We were also very excited to see the pandas. As you can see from my photos, the male, Yang Guang, was asleep (typical!) but the female, Tian Tian, was roaming about the enclosure, kindly entertaining us by taking a dip in the pool right next to the viewing area. Of course there are lots of other animals at the zoo too: I was just most enchanted by the penguins and the pandas!

 

Edinburgh Zoo is definitely worth a visit, and hopefully pretty soon there will be a baby panda to visit too: what could be more adorable?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Armadillo Inspiration

Hedgehog top from Topshop

When I saw this sweet stitched armadillo here yesterday I showed it to my boyfriend, who was sitting next to me. He told me that he preferred hedgehogs, which reminded me of my hedgehog top which I haven't worn for a while, and some of my other animal themed tops. Unfortunately I don't own anything as exciting as an red armadillo top yet though! In other armadillo news, the book I'm currently reading is A Change of Climate by Hilary Mantel and I came across a passage today about armadillo shaped bread! It's a brilliant read so far: another excellent recommendation from my mum.

'We make bread when we've got the oven going, when we're in the mood. I'm learning from a book how to make bread in patterns. I can do plaited loaves, wheatsheafs, prehistoric monsters, frogs and armadillos. The armadillos get a lot of admiration - but all you do is make a monster, and squash it, and bake the top in points.'

Rabbit top from H&M

Bull (?!) covered top from ICHI