I hope I never outgrow the joy of discovering new things, new people, new experiences.  I find myself, in my, hmmm, late 60s (GADS!) rediscovering things I remember from past years.  I’m sure my perspective is different now that I’ve got more years behind me than before me and I’m not distracted by taking care of kids or working all the time.  I’m more relaxed and more open to all there is out there.

Last weekend, I took my youngest grandchild, not quite 5, on a short road trip to the Oklahoma City Zoo and then on to the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman.  I’ve taken my other grandchildren, but it’s been a few years, so it was refreshing for me to revisit these places again.  Watching a child, you have to wonder what goes on in their heads…

Seeing a wild bird, a lorakeet here, up close, and feeding it…DSC_0068 DSC_0071feeling it sit on your arm…DSC_0076watching a rhino baby nurse…DSC_0087or looking into the eyes of an orangutan…DSC_0112Is the concept of dinosaurs more real when you stand next to one?DSC_0150And doesn’t a strawberry milkshake help the brain process all the new experiences?DSC_0166I’m always looking for new places to go and old ones to revisit.  And then I come home and wonder at all I’ve seen in my life.  Lovely.