Roast Beef, an African penguin at the New England Aquarium, made a special visit today to a Haverhill nursing home. “They seemed to be thrilled and even after, as we were wrapping things up, they were calling us over to ask us questions,” said penguin exhibit manager Heather Urquhart. The visit to the Hannah Duston Health Care Rehabilitation Center was prompted after a resident, Sandra Ramsey-Sterling, painted a mural of five penguins on a snowy background. She said she made the painting for the 9-year-old daughter of one of the nurses. But after three weeks of work, the painting turned out better than she expected, said Ramsey-Sterling, who said she had been painting for 30 or 40 years. So with the help of some of the nurses, she made poster copies of the painting and donated them to the aquarium, hoping they could be sold in the gift shop. Though the aquarium was unable to use them, they sent an ambassador — Roast Beef — to thank her personally. (Boston.com)

Roast Beef, an African penguin at the New England Aquarium, made a special visit today to a Haverhill nursing home.

“They seemed to be thrilled and even after, as we were wrapping things up, they were calling us over to ask us questions,” said penguin exhibit manager Heather Urquhart.

The visit to the Hannah Duston Health Care Rehabilitation Center was prompted after a resident, Sandra Ramsey-Sterling, painted a mural of five penguins on a snowy background.

She said she made the painting for the 9-year-old daughter of one of the nurses. But after three weeks of work, the painting turned out better than she expected, said Ramsey-Sterling, who said she had been painting for 30 or 40 years.

So with the help of some of the nurses, she made poster copies of the painting and donated them to the aquarium, hoping they could be sold in the gift shop. Though the aquarium was unable to use them, they sent an ambassador — Roast Beef — to thank her personally. (Boston.com)

Feb

8

2012

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  1. blackironbedpost reblogged this from critormiss and added:
    sweet. Makes me miss my grandparents…
  2. taraxo23 reblogged this from critormiss and added:
    this is so lovely.
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