The Hippos of Berlin

On our second day in Berlin we went to the zoo.
First we wanted to see the hippos.
Flusspferde?
My owner told me that Flusspferde meant hippos, but I wasn't convinced.

At the entrance of the Flusspferde habitat there was a hippo statue though, so it might be true after all.

A Pygmee Hippo.
Seems Flusspferde are indeed hippos.

The big basin looked pretty empty of hippos though.
Maybe Flusspferde are fish...

But then a hippo appeared!

Look: the walls of the hippo habitat are made from glass so you can see the hippos walk under the water.

How cool!

You could also see them when they surfaced of course.

But to see them walk and swim under water was totally amazing.

A baby hippo.

The hippos really seemed to enjoy themselves and loved showing off to their audience.

What a great sight.
I'm glad we came to the zoo.


Next time: more animals.

Hippo Mail

Today a present arrived for my owner.
I kept a close watch while she unpacked it, because you never know what might be inside. Maybe it would be something I would like as well.

There was a beautiful card that came with the present. The card and present were send by my owner's friend Goth Gerbil.

Two hippos!
They will feel right at home here: my owner has a large herd of hippos under her care so they will have lots of friends.

Thanks Goth Gerbil:
My owner loves the hippos and I always love making new friends as well.

Zoo Pictures - part 1

We went to the zoo yesterday!
First we took a bus to Emmen. At the station in Emmen there was a sign that told you how to get to the zoo.

But before going to the zoo we visited family of my owner's OtherHalf. They had this cool bird in their garden.

At the zoo we first visited the hippos.
Hmmm, that sign looks really dirty.

The hippos were enjoying the beautiful weather and were all taking naps in the sun.

Next I wanted to visit my relatives.
I had trouble finding them at first...

But there they were!
It's always good to see them and catch up on things.

Next we encountered a pelican who wanted some attention.

When he saw our camera he posed for a picture.

One of his friends was trying to catch something to eat.

While most of the other pelicans were just lazily swimming around.

Tomorrow I'll show you the rest of my pictures.

A new Hippo and Snowdrops

When I was at work yesterday a new hippo arrived at our home. Luckily my brother Angus, Easter Domo and Schmorg were there to greet him.

When I got home I had a little chat with him and he told me his name was Hunter and he came over here as his brother Travis already lives here and I suddenly knew why he had looked a bit familiar.

Hunter and Travis reunited!
Travis was very happy that his big brother decided to move in here.
(He really was, but I admit that it's hard to tell with Travis.)

And ending this post with a picture of these beautiful Snowdrops that my owner got from her OtherHalf.

Easter Branch and A new Housemate

We decided to get really into the Easter spirit and got an Easter Branch that we decorated.

Here is an overview of the Easter Branch and the stuff around it.

(btw Eve, you are right thinking the boney stuff is from my owner's OH, but my owner really likes it too)

My army of chickens is taking part in the Easter fun to as you can see in these close-ups.

We also got a branch of those sweet smelling flowers.

And now for some other news:

Today there was an Easter package for my owner from a very good friend. Inside was a new housemate: a hippo named Blossom. We're all happy to welcome her to our home. There was also a really cool Easter card in the package as you can see and some stitchy stuff too.

Art Event

At first I wanted to do another food post today, but I was afraid to get clobbered on the head by a certain lady, so instead I decided on a post about the Art Event I went to this evening.

At the Art Event there were a lot of artists: painters, sculptors and such, who presented some of thier work.

A very good friend of my owner and her OH also had work on show so we went to visit her at the Art Event and we took some pictures of me and her work, which is really cool:

She even had a small diorama with a tree thingie that was just my size.


And some more pictures of the diorama:








The other really cool stand at the Art Event was a stand with bronze sculptures made by a sculptress named Yvonne Visser:

There was a lot of bright light, so I look a bit too bright, but don't you think the hippo statue looks cool!?

Whe we got home it was time for a drink:

New friends

Today two packages arrived for my owner. I decided to stay close as she opened them as you can never know if maybe someone decides to send something interesting for me.


One of the packages only had stuff in it that was interesting for my owner, but the other contained two new housemates: a penguin and a hippo.

Especially Blue, the hippo that lives next to the computer, was very happy with the new hippo. She's the perfect match for him.