Visit from Flat Stanley

For the past week or so, we've had a very special guest visiting us from Atlanta! Our niece Catie mailed her friend Stanley for a visit. Normally, I like letting our young guests in to visit the Brooklyn Children's Museum for free, but we were closed for most of his time here. So, he didn't get to play with all our cool exhibits. Instead, he got to help us with our annual deep clean and renovations. Here you can see Stanley visiting with Fantasia, our 20-foot-long Burmese Python. She was glad to have a bit of company since it has been so quiet for the past couple of weeks. She even popped her head up from her nap to say, "Ssssalutationsss!"

 

Another big project Stanley helped with was building a new enclosure for our iguanas, Iggy and Elizabeth. Here he is testing the safety net to ensure that Elizabeth won't fall into the pool below. There are just a few more finishing details before the new living quarters are ready for our scaly friends to move in.

You can't make a visit to New York without spending a little time seeing the sights. A lot of times, the easiest way to get around New York City is by taking the subway. Here, Stanley is enjoying a quick bite to eat while on his way to the next exciting destination. He got lucky and had his own seat...often there are so many people on the subway that there's barely even room to stand.

The most exciting site that Stanley got to see was the Statue of Liberty. This year is going to be her 125th birthday. It's hard to believe that the people of France gave her to us more than a century ago! To celebrate, the mayor of New York met with the president of France today at the Statue and wished her a happy birthday. Hopefully, she'll be watching over New York Harbor for many more years to come. Stanley was impressed that he could get such a nice view from the free ferry over to Staten Island. Plus he was happy to head home after such a busy day.