Hello everyone!

Today was Hans' birthday and as the kids were off school, we went to Monkey Valley for the day. What's lovely is the monkeys are free roaming (well, the big guys, gorillas, chimps etc are on islands! :lol: )

The smaller monkeys are in open woodland and you walk along trails where they are in the trees all around you. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we had a great time! Hope you enjoy the pics! :D

K x

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There was a strange type of monkey there that I'd never seen before, the Latin name was Singeus Sockus! :wink:

K x

Oh, Skeat, what HAVE you started?! :D

Loretta - this is the Vallée des Singes which is near Poitiers in the west of France.

Skeat recently 'introduced' me to sock monkeys and I made one yesterday, so of course, he had to come with us to visit his relatives! Here's a couple more pics! :D

K x

So let me get this straight K, you have been out monkeying around while I have been stuck here painting? :lol: :lol: :lol:

What a great way to spend the day and I am :mrgreen: with envy!

Kids are so cute and tell your daughter that I love the red shoes!


LOVE the "Singeus Sockus"!

Ninnie

Your kids are just too cute! (Where's Hans???)

What a great way to spend the day!! (Love your sock monkey, too).

Here he is with his cake!

K x

He looks so happy!!

Happy Birthday Hans!! (Save some of that cake for the rest of us!)

Oh what a neat family trip for dad's birthday. Love the little critter sitting with your darling children too. How fun.

Happy Birthday Hans! Lovely photos! Loved the one with the kids and the lemur! Sock monkey looked like she(?) was having a great time also! Sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday! :lol:

Happy Birthday Hans. Looks like ya'll had a great time!!!
I've never seen Lemurs sitting like that!!

Wow K...looks like a great day! Happy Birthday Hans!!!! That monkey valley is soo cool! I love the lemurs, especially the one where it is sitting with J & L....and of course...my fav...the sock monkey..does it have a name???

What a great day!
Happy Birthday Hans!
Love the sock monkey!

What a wonderful day for you all, and a wonderful birthday for Hans!!! :-)
The Lemurs look so tame, sitting right next to the kids!
Love your sock monkey too!!! I have one about 90% done since last summer, then went on to something else! lol!!!
:-)

What a cool way to spend a day. Happy Birthday Hans.

What the HECK? :shock: You can walk around where monkeys are walking around???? And tha big one was right by you??? Is that safe?? Okay--it must be safe--your kids were there :roll: .... man oh man, I've never heard of anything like this. Amazing!!

Your family is beautiful. :D

What a great birthday outing. It appears that the "sock" monkey had the most fun :wink:

Thanks everyone, from Hans for the birthday wishes!

Sock monkey so fat is just Sock Monkey - no name yet!

Karla - the big guys are on moated islands so it's quite safe! It's only the lemurs, capucins, spider monkeys etc who are climbing in the trees all around you. You are told to look out for hats, sun glasses etc as they are known to grab things and run!

K x

Not that I've heard of and we've been a few times! There are members of staff all over the place.

K x

Happy Birthday to Hans!! :lol:

That's a BIG gorilla!! Looks like the kids had fun.
Did Singeus Sockus find any of his relatives?? ;)

Did you like his carrot cigar? LOL!

The woman at the cash desk wanted me to leave him in safety deposot - she was worried that one of the monkeys would pinch him. I said, no way! he's here to visit his relatives! :D

K x

K, you had a family reunion for Hans birthday, how sweet!
Happy Birthday, Hans!
Saw the pic of the lemurs, sitting, then scrolled down, to lily and joey sitting...was funny...and the little lemur was willing to be photographed, awww!
Then, the sangeus sockeus (sp)...said, and leaned forward, "Does that little monkey have a hat on?"...sure nuff...just like your other children, lol! :lol:

Yes!! His face is hysterical! Looking at you like "yeah, what do you want!" Did any of the monkeys seem interested in Singeus?

OMG!!!!!!! They are cloning!!:)I love it!! That makes my day that I could tag you w/the monkey tradition across the seas!!! I bet those two little trolls love their auntie!:)I love it! I love it!! Skeat

Skeat, is that a hedgehog in your avatar? or did a chicken sit on a midget?
so, guessing you sent the sock monkey pattern to K, or directed her to it, and she did a great job. I had to really look to see if it was real.
He looks like he has his hands on his hips. maybe he doesn't like his picture taken. I got a big monkey, I call hubby, that acts like that :wink:

That is a chicken alright....now which came first...the egg or the chicken or the sock monkey?:) What is it sitting on???hmmmm....maybe big turtle toes..:) I cracked up seeing that sock monkey! Too funny! I had to take a double take too:)S

well, why did you change it, silly? :D
now that I know it's a chicken,...ummm, how come there's a face under it? can it breathe?

Skeat sent me some sock monkey charm squares (among other things!) and being uninitiated, I thought it was 'just' cute monkey fabric - but she put me right and I googled sock monkeys! The other day over brekkie, me Hans and the kids were thinking up different types of sock monkeys we could make - Lily, Princess Sock Monkey, Joey, Indian (Native American) Sock Monkey, Hans - very rude ones that I couldn't describe here! Next time I go shopping, I'll be looking for appropriate socks to make more!

K x

Oh...K...how cute that will be...themed sock monkeys!!! The next thing you know we'll have swap going on here for that!!!

Awwhhh Great pictures you took there K., I swear there should be captions added, especially the baboon holding his head like he is having a hard time, and those Lemurs the way the sit up tickles me pink!! OH and THOSE two cheaky monkeys on that big gorilla are kinda cute too!! Belated birthday wishes for Hans too!! :D

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You must be great fun to live with! :D

Izy - you should have seen the other photos of that baboon - unpublishable - let's just say he was 'amusing' himself!

K x

I do my best! :D

K x

Patti, your so right, seems, no sooner somebody shows something cute or novel, and the whole gang's on it...ain't it fun???
I got a monkey that needs finishing, and he's nekkid. I know they run that way in the wild, but I'm too embarrassed to let anybody see my nekid monkey. he's gotta have clothes, or at least a fat quarter, lol.
If only my daughter would hurry up and teach me how to use this camera. TTFN :lol:

LOL...right after I told gbaby not to stick her finger in her nose, as we were watching, "Funniest Home Videos"...
a big gorilla comes on the tv, and he has his big fat finger in his nose!
So, now, she never puts her finger in her nose, and when her 15month old, baby sister starts to do it, Crystal giggles, and copies nana, "Don't be a gorilla! don't put your finger in your nose and be a gorilla."
(thinking your gorilla might have been more amusing than that, but we won't go 'there' :wink: )

Karla, to see some of what K, has been up to:
go to her veggie garden...summer is coming - post! :wink:

Okay...since you showed me yours, I'll show you mine!:)

Here's Sarg the sleepy head...sock monkey! Doing what he does best!

oops...here he really is..

A belated happy birthday Hans!
I love the pictures - had no idea this place exists! The lemurs are wonderful!