{monkey business}

i could not resist showing you this photo. it absolutely made my day because my blog, decor8, is behaving badly so i must take it offline for a few hours while it is being fixed. i felt a bit overwhelmed by it, so i did what i often do while i'm working online and feel taxed, i go to flickr and start looking around at friends' photos. i zone out.

Jain Temple of Ranakpur - india, originally uploaded by the Mountain Label.

this little monkey was outside of the jain temple in ranakpur, india when he was photographed.

just look at all of that monkey cuteness.

he looks like something leftover from the muppets. puppet-like. maybe on sesame street? look at those long legs and cute paws. and of course, the face, those deep longing eyes as black as coal (gimme your banana, he says). i want to hold him and take him to my apartment. maybe cuddle awhile (and if he is stinky, well i would bathe him in the tub and serve him grapes perhaps?). i imagine he would like to sit on my sofa after his bath. i could dry him with my super duper hair dryer and he'd fluff right up like a giant gray ball. we'd talk about india, watch the lion king, maybe have a handful of the banana chips -- the ones that i love to eat from the bio store.

Haven't you always wanted a monkey? :) Until this photo, honestly, it never crossed my mind either.

Do me a favor. Put on this You Tube video, turn up your speakers...

(photo from the mountain label)