Monkey see, monkey do, then ten other monkeys do, too!

These pictures are from several weeks ago.  I've been slacking on posting, but in my defense, we've been through a lot in the past couple of weeks!  There was major drama at the school that was stressing us out, and our apartment was under construction.  I was trying my hardest to stay out of the apartment, both so that I wouldn't get depressed by how dirty it was, and so that I wouldn't get dirty myself while they were tearing it apart!

We found these monkeys at a park in Barra.  I think they are both ugly and cute at the same time.

I had a bad peach that I didn't want, so I put it on the ground for the monkeys.

One came over.

Soon there were two...

then three...

then four...

then five...

then six.

This is just so you can see how long their tails are.

Several watched from the trees.

(Count them plus the ones on the ground and you could call it a posse of monkeys!)

This guy got tired of the other guys barging in on his peach, so he ran off with it.

Peter felt bad for the peach-less ones, so he gave them grapes.  Soon he was swarmed by monkeys, so we hastily ran away!  We really shouldn't have been messing with them, because they can get aggressive and have been known to bite.  

Moral of the story is - these tiny monkeys look cute, and we got some good pictures out of it, but we must advise that you not feed them, because they can be mean.  Also, once you start feeding one, a dozen others will show up, and soon you'll be out of food.

A weekend at Fawn Hill Farm

Yesterday I drove up to Auburn to visit my brother and his family on their farm.  I'll upload more pics of the family later, but in the meantime here are some photos from around the farm.  Click on a photo to view it larger.

green hills of Auburn

in the house... supporting Katie!

Bo is just the cutest!

goat kisses

baby llama butt

these two pics are almost identical, couldn't decide which one I like better

goat butts!

eye see you

disapproving owl says "stop taking pictures"

Katelyn's new horse, Willy, is a 16 hand quarter paint

apparently the other horse, Molly, is secretly in love with Willy and spies on him

I love the jungle

I love living in the U.S.A.  We have an easy life for which I am grateful, especially in the midst of all my health problems.  But sometimes I get in these moods where I just really miss the jungle.

I miss it.  All of it - the humidity, the foliage, the sounds, the rain, the views!  

I have loved every country I've visited, every experience I've had - Korea, Romania, Italy, etc, but I never just sit around and miss it like I miss the jungle.  Does that make sense?

Some photos of my 2010 trip to Peru:

(Don't you want to be on that hammock right now?)

Video:

We were on a canoe looking for alligators.  It was pitch black, but as you can hear, very noisy.  :) 

Video:

In a float-plane, landing on the river.

(This photo was taken by my friend, Ayumi)

(I don't miss the bugs)

Some photos of my 2004 trip to Panama (the first 4 photos were taken on a disposable camera and then scanned to the computer, hence the grainy quality):

View from the hotel in Panama... I highly recommend that hotel, it was amazing: Gamboa Rainforest Resort

xo,

Julie