My kids and I spent the morning at the Sequoia Park Zoo with a friend and her gorgeous granddaughter:

It was such a treat because the beautifuls dahlias in the flower garden (just adjacent to the zoo) were blooming and us camera geeks got a cheap thrill:

(not sure if these are dahlias)

This was also the first time we had got to see the new memorial they had created for Bill the chimpanzee. My kiddos were watching the bear but you can see the memorial behind them. It's really nice and cheerful:

We polished off the day by visiting the park and enjoying what it had to offer:

The Sequoia Park Zoo was not yet charging a fee to enter but I believe this changes on the 29th. They are also renovating their aviary and it looks like it will be well worth the price of admission. But then again, I'd probably pay the price just to see the goat with an underbite: