Monkey-Says

Otis' Holiday Times

Hey Kids!

It's that time of year when we give and receive gifts from those we love. Try thinking out of the box this year if you can. How about offering services -- gift tickets that you make for reading a special story, a home made picture, spending time, babysitting, doing dishes and telling a new joke every day. 

Many animals could use your help too. How about adopting a sea turtle or another wild animal through a conservation organization that helps these animals in their native homes?  AnimalsAsia always needs money -- even the smallest amount helps -- for the work they do to save Moon Bears in China. Help out a parrot sanctuary that takes in birds that are no longer wanted as pets, or give some thought to the Polar Bears as they need aid more than ever these days. You can find links to these organizations on my section on the website called Take Action. How you can help...there are SO many ways that YOU can make a difference. You really can. Really!

hello new friends

I'd like to say hi to all my new friends that I met at the energy expo at URI today. I'm glad that so many of you enjoyed playing Monkey-Says games and trying Boo's brain busters, too. Boo is really good at coming up with those fun quizzes...even though he's just a bird with blue feet!

Here is a special drawing that I did for you after I got home from the expo today. It's not that hard for monkeys to draw you know, because I have fingers just like people do. Now, Otis, the worm...that's another story. But he helped me paint this. He dipped himself in red paint and squirmed across the page. That's how he helped me make the stripes. You can probably see holes in some places. That's where Otis stopped to eat the paper. Can you tell what animal this is supposed to be?

A Breakthrough

Remember the other day when I wrote about how nature turns up in unexpected places? Well, I saw another amazing scene today. Nature breaking through concrete. How awesome ! This flower was from a seed that the wind blew to this person's driveway. It made a safe little home for itself and grew right through the crack there! Among the brown and crackly leaves, among the debris, and seeds, and sticks, and pebbles, this one, little pink morning glory poked its little blossom out...  and bloomed in all its glory.

rainy day

Know what I did today? It was a gray, rainy day so I called my friend Barley to come over and keep me company. Soon, he started getting sleepy and right before he fell asleep I grabbed my pencil and paper and drew a picture of him. I hadn't drawn in a long time. It was nice to draw him. He hasn't seen it yet. Right now he's snoring away like a Mac Truck. But I'll show you. Send me your drawings, too!

Pomegranate Month

Yup. You heard it here, folks. November has officially been declared Pomegranate Month! Do dig in and enjoy those juicy little seeds that look like bloody teeth. Lucky for my monkey teeth I have no problem chewing up the whole thing. Otis has no teeth so he sucks on the seeds then spits them out...how do you eat a pomegrante?

Unexpected Places

Being a monkey, I can swing from trees, climb up to rooftops, see the world right side up and upside down. I get the opportunity to see nature in so many places. But I just realized that even for you humans reading this, you can find nature in an amazing number of unexpected places too. Check this out, for instance. I was visiting my friend Boo. We were just hanging out sitting on the floor, listening to music, and playing a game. I looked up and this is what I saw! This spider was pretty plump! Must have been carrying eggs inside her!

Quinn has an idea!

My friend, Quinn, who is 5, sent me a message. He has a great conservation idea. Otis the worm will especially like this idea since it's about compost. Enjoy the last carrots there, Quinn!  I'm going to make sure Otis knows about your plan. Love, Monkey

Dear Monkey,

I like my garden. A few carrots are still

in the ground that need to be

picked. Now we are getting ready

to collect leaves to mix with the

food we don't eat to make compost.

We will use that in our garden after the winter. 

hello and goodbye

hi!

Monkey here. Fall is here and I wanted to just say goodbye to some of my summer friends.

Good-bye bee! Good-bye flower!

Good-bye, Wasp. I saw this solitary wasp on my fence. So many creatures right in my backyard! Even that bee and flower were in my backyard.

And the most sad of all...good-bye to my beautiful morning glories who woke up and said hello to me every morning! Aren't they beeee-you-tee-ful?

And good-bye to my cousin, LuLu who visited me all summer. I miss you, cousin LuLu! This is a great photo of her sitting in her favorite spot...right on the dashboard of a car. (Hey, LuLu, call me!)

And now for some hellos!

Hello to fall: crisp leaves, bright colors, cool wind, morning frost, and flying geese. The sun's light is different now. It's at a lower angle and I can jut feel that it is different. Here's one of my latest fall observations. Beautiful, bright red leaves on a proud maple tree.

Stay tuned for more! I would love to hear from you and what you have noticed about autumn.

greetings from Monkey!

Hi Everybody! This is my very own blog. Many people (and other creatures) thought it would be hard for me to type out a blog...but just because I'm a monkey doesn't mean I can't. After all, I have opposable thumbs! You should see me send text messages from my cell phone...quick as a whip.

So, welcome to my blog. I can't wait to share my thoughts, nature observations and cool stories with you. AND I can't wait to hear YOURS! So, let the stories begin!