Monday May 5, 2008
Out and About
Hello again all!! We are out in our new yard in Columbus! There are lots of new smells and sights to take in! We’ve also been getting a lot of attention from the news. I feel like a true diva now with the paparazzi following us the way they have!! We heard our picture was in the newspapers and everything. How’d I look? Does the camera really add ten pounds? I guess at my weight ten extra pounds isn’t really that much though!

The weather here is still sunny and in the 70’s, not to rub it in! Jothi may have found a new love interest……the rhino that lives next door! His name is Klyde and they spend an awful lot of time staring at each other! We’ll see if it turns into a summer romance! Rhinos do make good neighbors though, they are quiet and like to sleep. Geese however do not! There are a lot of them here and all they do is make noise! We’ve chased a few out of our yard so far. It is quite fun I have to admit! It makes me feel like a kid again!! Well its time to take a nap in the sun! Take care!!

Love Buki

Thursday April 24, 2008
Hello all!! How’s Buffalo? Columbus is still warm and sunny!! We’ve been getting spoiled rotten here by everyone; our keepers, Columbus staff. It’s nice being the new girls in town! One of the male Columbus keepers even said we were all very cute! Even though the compliment was from another species, at my age I’ll take the flattery, especially from a male!

We’ve been getting all sorts of fun stuff to play with just like at home. They hung up a street sweeper brush for us to rub on; Jothi really likes it! We also got a plastic barrel and some peat moss to cover ourselves in. The peat moss was quite a mess for our keepers to clean up but it sure was loads of fun!

We’ve also been catching glimpses of the elephants that live here. They have two adult females, one looks a lot like Surapa! They also have an adult male and a four year old male. Those boys sure are noisy!! Typical!!

Well its time to have some lunch. Miss you all!!

Love
Buki

Saturday April 19, 2008
We packed our trunks and moved to Columbus!
Our extreme home makeover has begun and we are in Columbus!! What an exciting time for us! Our house is being renovated and we get to spend our summer vacation in Ohio and meet all kinds of new people and animals. Jothi and Surapa wanted me to pass along their hellos and we all miss our friends and family in Buffalo.

The weather here has been great! Sunny and 70 is a great way to start a vacation! We have some funny looking new neighbors though. They are gray like us only smaller and their tusks grow out of the top of their lips! Strange! And they are all called by the same name, Rhino. They are pretty strange looking but they are nice neighbors, and quiet too! We also have our own yard and pool to swim in; Surapa can’t wait to plunge in!

Well that’s all we have time for for now but make sure to keep checking back!! We miss all of you but we’ll be back before you know it!!

Love from Columbus,

Buki, Jothi, and Surapa