Feel Good Friday: Pet of the Month, a Sloth, and Pop Music | Culture + Life

Meet the Pet of the Month 

Seattle Humane‘s Pet of the Month is Zeppelin, a 7-year-old pit bull mix it describes as “sweet and spry” who’s been living at the Bellevue organization for the last two months. Zeppelin is a fan of car rides — particular when the destination gets him a pup cup — and would do best in a home with no kids and as its only dog. Learn more about him here. 

Woodland Park Zoo’s Newest Resident 

Woodland Park Zoo announced this week that it has a new resident: a 10-year-old, two-toed sloth named Fezzik, who also happens to be the zoo’s first sloth in five years. He’s coming to the Northwest after some time spent at Milwaukee County Zoo. Plan a visit here. 

Construction Underway for New Lynnwood Playground

A new playground at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center is one step closer to fruition following a recent groundbreaking ceremony. Get a progress update here. 

Indoor Sandboxes Highlight of New Issaquah Play Facility

An Eastside couple is making sandbox play, exploration, discovery, and fun a year-round option next month with the launch of a business offering two large indoor sandboxes equipped with toys diggers, rakes, and more to stimulate children’s senses and imagination — no raincoat or sunscreen necessary. Get more details about The Sand Garden here.

Avery Cochrane’s Pop Confections 

The Seattle-based singer-songwriter with a yen for pop hooks recently released a new single, “Shapeshifting on a Saturday Night,” that’s also shaping up to be her biggest hit yet, with nearly 500,000 streams on Spotify. Get to know her in a new interview.