Here are just a few photos from the Troll Olympics, held in Roslyn, WA today. What a great time! More photos to come.
Archive for July, 2011
Troll Olympics – a few photos
Saturday, July 30th, 2011
“Bigfoot”
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Foxie gets pretty excited about new trolls, and seems to especially enjoy the colorful hair. You can imagine how she might really love a troll covered entirely in hair…
Thanks to Dawn for the wonderful donation!
Mop Heads!
Thursday, July 28th, 2011Supporter Tamela sponsored today in honor of the caregivers of CSNW! The following is what she wrote:
Here’s a big pant hoot salute to all the wonderful caregivers and volunteers who wash, scrub, and clean for the chimpanzees. Thank you for all the mundane, exhausting, never ending, backbreaking work you do.
To honor us hard-working, dirty caregivers, she named today “Mop Head Day”. So, 18 mop heads arrived at the sanctuary the other day with tons of little toys tied to them. And in case the mop heads weren’t exciting enough on their own (though I imagine they would have been), mixed nuts were hidden inside various toys. It’s been an interesting, and very comfortable day around here at CSNW.
Thanks so much, Tamela! Pant Hoots to YOU!
Pick a color for new t-shirts
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011We have a really cool new t-shirt design from Colin of redskye design and we have the t-shirt blanks picked out. Now we just need to decide on colors. Go to our Facebook page to let us know what you like, or leave a comment here.
Here are the options for the women’s shirts:
Choices
Monday, July 25th, 2011Sanctuary is all about making choices. Some choose to nap, and some choose to play!
Foxie & Grace play chase
Sunday, July 24th, 2011We, obviously, have some especially lovable chimps around here, but when I witness super cute games like the one in the video below, I have a hard time deciding who I love more– the chimps or the caregivers.
The chimps are excellent at keeping our priorities straight. When Negra is ready for her nightbag, she is READY for her nightbag, and will let it be known that nothing will satisfy her until she gets it. Foxie is a good “prioritizer”, too. She will often toss us a troll right as we are getting ready to lock up at the end of the day. Perfect timing! She also frequently “stalls” us when we are cleaning. And her caregivers will pretty much do anything to appease, no matter how sweaty they get!
The Photogenic Cle Elum Seven
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011I was looking through some photos from June. As you can imagine, all of the caregivers take a lot of photos. Most of the best ones make it to the blog, but once in a while I find some that haven’t been posted. It only took me a few minutes to find these never-before-seen gems:
Burrito:
Foxie:
Foxie making faces to herself in a mirror:
Missy under a blanket. She’s been doing a lot of Negra impersonating this summer:
Playful Foxie
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Foxie was being especially playful this morning.
Jamie under a troll sheet
Thursday, July 21st, 2011You thought I was asleep…
but I wasn’t:
Garden enrichment
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011Jackie has been working pretty diligently on the best enrichment of all — the garden. It’s really great for the chimps to watch the plants grow, see us harvest their food, and then of course get to enjoy the delicious fresh produce! I have been helping her, too. Here’s us sifting the compost which we use as a growing medium for the plants. Just like Jackie said the other day, recycling at it’s finest!
Here is the view of the garden from the south side of the chimp house:
And here are some of our fruits and veggies that are doing great! Broccoli, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and strawberries.
The chimps particularly like the fresh strawberries!
Annie:
Negra:
Missy eating a strawberry while Foxie laughs to get Jackie’s attention:
