4 Things I Learned This Week--Part 37

Cleveland Zoo

Through Twitter I learned the Red Panda Triplets were born at the Cleveland Metropark Zoo! Red Panda's are SO cute! I must go see these soon!

Kitchen Safety

I got an email from a friend this week about how to put out a common kitchen fire--oil in a frying pan. DO NOT EVER DUMP WATER ON IT--it will explode! Just turn off the burner, wet a dishtowel and lay in on top over the pan until the fire goes out. Do not attempt to remove the pan first. Here's the video clip worth watching--only 30 seconds!

Work--Not Yet

After returning to work this week after having surgery Sept.1, I found out I wasn't ready after all and will take all the time recommended by the doctor. My advice to anyone under a doctor's care, just take the time he says it will take to heal before going back to work as long as your employer is okay with that.

Poodles

While reading Raining Cats and Dogs by Laurien Berenson, I learned that there are different size poodles and that they are very smart. The Standard Poodle is the biggest, isn't yappy and can be very good therapy dogs. I always associated Poodles as being yappy little dogs. Poodle owners are very attached to the breed.

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Welcome to The Cleveland Zoo

One of the places Gerard and I often go is to the Cleveland Zoo. It is very big and the exhibits are spread out so it's a great place to walk and get some exercise. Before I was married, I'd often go alone just because it was safer than walking alone on the streets of Cleveland. I love animals and have taken many, many pictures of them over the years but have included a couple slide shows from 2007 that I recently made that are at the bottom of my blog.

On May 17, Gerard and I participated in the Great Strides walk to help raise money for Cystic Fibrosis research at the Cleveland Zoo. A friend of ours has a 3-yr-old daughter, Cassidie, with this disease so we walked on their team. Cassidie's Crew raised almost $9,000!
View the video about Cassidie and her family dealing with Cystic Fibrosis by Clicking on this link: See Cassidie's Crew Great Strides2008 online.

Here's a video of one of my favorite animals, the Red Panda, and Gerard's favorite, the tiger. Both these animals usually just lay around but this time they were very active, perhaps because it was on the cool side in the upper 50s.

This is the first look we had at the baby Red Panda that was born in our zoo last year. I think these are so cute and would just love to pet them. They have sharp teeth. The flip video camera I got for mother's day is so easy to use and small to carry.

The tigers were walking around and even playing with each other.

Cleveland Metorparks zoo web site is: http://www.clemetzoo.com/