Monthly Archives: September 2011

Girls’ Day Out

We were up fairly early for a Saturday morning, but the Review Section of the Wall Street Journal languished on the floor as duty called. Gwen had an appointment to get her high school graduation picture taken at 1:30. This lit a fire under me and I said, “We’ve got plenty of time.. let’s go to the zoo!”
Gwen liked the idea. It had been a long, hot, dry summer, followed by torrential rains, and today was a pretty, cool, overcast fall day: a welcome change. Before we could change our minds, we jumped into the car and headed off. The zoo signs welcomed us and invited us to view the “Royal Family”. This turned out to be the lion, lioness and their five cubs! Gwen had her picture made with the proud father.
Of course, you can’t go to the the zoo and not take even more picture of animals. Continue reading