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And the party continues

April 13, 2009 by Diana

Here are a few still shots from yesterday

I had to take one “before” shot of the cornbread peeps and the Passover Harrosset on Matzah (hope I got that right!). We really can’t thank the volunteers and supporters enough for making Easter, and everyday, such a treat for the Cle Elum Seven and the CSNW staff too!

Easter bucket, cornbread peep, celery with pnut butter, matzoh with harosset

One of the many, many things that I like about chimps is they like what they like – they aren’t as influenced by human hang-ups and ideas about what’s “snack” food and what’s “just a vegetable”. Thanks to a donation from a far, we bought some fresh produce Easter morning that the chimps don’t get frequently – cucumbers, green onions, sweet potatoes and coconuts. Jody and Missy were competing for who could grab as many green onions as they could.

Missy eating a green onion

And here is a man and his treasured coconut

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The party seemed to be still going on this morning… Foxie was eating a coconut when we arrived (quite happily), and Missy and Annie did not even consider coming in for breakfast. After breakfast, Jamie donned an Easter bonnet (or perhaps more of a Spring gardening hat) briefly:

Jamie day after Easter wearing hat

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  1. Theresa says

    April 13, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    Our model looks lovely, as usual. I just love the picture and video of Burrito with his coconut. What a handsome guy! Thank you so much for the wonderful pictures you share with us.

  2. Jeani Goodrich says

    April 13, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    More great pictures Diana, thank you. Burrito is sooo cute. He looks like he has got the absolute best present in the whole world. Maybe it is because he finally knows how to open it! I’m glad to hear the party was still going on this morning. Those guys deserve a party that lasts for the rest of their lives. We will try to keep it going! lol

  3. Amy M. says

    April 13, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Diana — Yes — haroset is right. It’s so cool that our chimp peeps got to experience a little of Passover!

  4. Cindy says

    April 14, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Glad you appreciated the haroset Amy. It came straight from my family to our chimp family!

    As I was thinking about Passover this year I thought a lot about what changes the chimps have experienced in their lives over the last year and I wrote this paragraph that we added to our seder this year:

    Tonight as the light of the first full moon of spring floods thru our windows people all over the world are celebrating Passover, the festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. Every spring, in each generation, we are inspired anew to remember the slavery that still exists in the world and every spring we vow in both our personal lives and in the larger world to move from slavery to freedom. This year we have much to celebrate, seven souls formerly under the yoke of slavery are now more free. Each year we celebrate earth’s renewal and the interdependence of all beings. This year let’s dedicate this season of liberation and renewal to all those who can’t speak for themselves, to all still enslaved by the shackles of human avarice and thoughtlessness. From the darkness of this special night let us dedicate ourselves this year to shine the light of freedom on all of earth’s sacred beings.

    So we shared the same food and the same thoughts of freedom too. Hope you had a happy Passover.

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