After so much rain our backyard is exploding in all sorts of yellows and greens. The weeds have overtaken the grass, the plants and the pathways. The Acacias are in full bloom bursting with yellow clouds of tiny flowers and our fruit trees are starting to bud.
Sunday was crisp, sunny and dry. We spent much of the day cleaning up the yard and uncovering all of Elli's disappeared tennis balls. 
In the morning we had a visit from Spencer from the Oakland Zoo. He loaded up his truck with our freshly cut Acacia branches and answered our questions about the elephants. 
There are four elephants at the Oakland zoo. The three females are originally from Africa while the male is American born from the northeast. They each eat roughly a truckload of "browse" per day. The zoo groundskeepers do not get to ride the elephants (this was not one of our questions but the most commonly asked question when Spencer tells people what he does for a living). We also suggested that next time they could just lend us the elephants for the afternoon but Spencer thought the neighbors might not enjoy the visit as much as we would.
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