Kangaroos and wallabys in Dawsonville, Georgia. This afternoon, Esther (of Esther JuLee Photography) and I drove about an hour north of Atlanta to see and learn about kangaroos at the Kangaroo Conservaton Center.

I wasn’t exactly sure that to expect, but it turned out to be quite the fun day.  To start off with, it was a beautiful fall day so walking around outside was lovely.  When we first arrived at the kangaroo center, we hopped on a Tram which took us around the farm and a narrator taught us a little about the different types of kangaroos, joeys and other fun facts.

After the tram ride, we took a stroll around the grounds and took some photos of all the Australasian animals. Australasia refers to the region that includes Australia as well as the southeastern portion of Asia, particularly the islands between Australia and Asia.

I would like to thank these three kangaroos for posing so lovely for me.

I think the real highlight of our trip to the Kangaroo Conservation Center, however, was this sweet doe who greeted us at the entrance and then proceeded to lick our fingers and jeans. Here she is with Esther:

She was such a friendly, curious little thing.

Last weekend, we decided on a whim to go strawberry picking. It’s strawberry season here in the South and those berries just seem to taste better when you pick them yourself!

We headed on over to Washington Farms in Loganville, for some strawberry pickin’ fun.   Even though we live way out in the suburbs, it still took us about 40 minutes to get to the farm. But, I will say… the drive was well worth it.  When we arrived, we each got a 1 gallon bucket to collect our berries in (that’s a whole lot of strawberries, y’all).

It was so much fun wandering up and down our row of strawberry plants, just plucking away at all of the red, ripe berries… and also having  a taste or two… or ten… yum!

Don’t they look delicious?