J.B. and I were cleaning the playroom this morning, when we saw Negra, Foxie and Annie playing together. This is quite the unusual trio of playmates, and I’ve never seen Negra play this long in one stretch! There was more than what is shown in the video, but it was challenging filming conditions – through the glass window with the playroom filling up with steam from cleaning. J.B. caught some choice moments, and I know Negra fans will be thrilled.
Archives for February 2011
More Annie love
Here are a few photos of Annie enjoying her potato during lunch. In the first two pictures, I’m pretty sure she is looking up towards her best friend Missy, but I love the sparkles in her eyes!
Last Chance – Double Your Love, Double Your Chocolate!
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day
with Annie & Missy’s Love
Today is your last chance to receive a vegan, organic chocolate bar for you or your loved one with a special Missy and Annie label.
If you donate $40 today, we’ll send you or your sweetie TWO bars!
These bars, made by Sjaak’s, are the finest chocolate out there, so don’t miss out!
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Missy, Annie and all of the chimpanzees and humans at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest.
Lazy days of summer
Okay, it’s not summer (yet), but we have been having a heatwave in Cle Elum: temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s with lots of sun. As a result, the greenhouse is toasty warm. Here’s Annie enjoying the reprieve from winter and doing a little self-grooming.
Still time to get chocolate for your sweetie!
Just two more days to make a donation of $40 or more and in return receive a unique and delicious (believe me, I’ve sampled one) organic vegan Sjaak’s chocolate bar with a special label celebrating Annie and Missy’s love. Use our Valentine’s Donation form and give a Valentine’s gift to the chimps and your loved one!
Foxie in a nest
Last week was the first time any of us had seen Foxie build a true nest. Today, I witnessed her doing it again and snapped a couple of photos. I’m so proud of how far she’s come.
Jamie looking at you and More New Stuff
First, Jamie:
Now: more new stuff.
There’s no doubt that the Cle Elum Seven have the best supporters out there. Remember all of the new stuff that I posted about back in December? Well, the gifts have kept coming.
In addition to the heater that is keeping J.B. warm as he welds (thanks to Barb in Ohio), we received that metal shelving unit from local supporters Shelley and Patty that we asked for before the holidays. Take a look at the before photo on our Holiday Wishes blog post (4th photo down after the Burrito photo) and the after photo below!
We also received two door mats from Tamela. I probably couldn’t even explain how happy the door mats have made me, because I might sound ridiculous. Let me just say that before we received the new foot bath mat and the door mat from Tamela, our set-up was a tall pan with a towel in front of it. And the door mat we had by one of the human doors to the outside was a ripped piece of astro turf. Below is a photo of the doormat to the outside. The mirror on the door is for the benefit of the chimps (not so I can take photos of my legs) and was a gift that Tamela sent us a while back.
We also recently received a hose cart from Anthony L. which we unveiled today. We can hook it up to the spigot outside:
and uncoil the hose all the way into the greenhouse for our daily cleaning of that area:
(hey, you can see two of the new climbing structures on Young’s Hill in this photo!)
Thanks to everyone who has given us so much over the last 2.5 years. Like I said, the Cle Elum Seven have the best supporters out there!
