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.
Here are a few of our favorites:
Back home again, we just had time to freshen up and take off for the high school annex where the picture-taking went off without a hitch. The photographer took pictures of Gwen in the drape for the yearbook, and in a faux fur wrap, looking like the Snow Queen. I’m sure we will get some great pictures to mark this rite of passage.
We had driven home through Five Points South, and the sight of the new Chick Filet restaurant there had made us hungry for chicken. On the way home from picture-taking we had a good lunch at our neighborhood restaurant. On arriving home about 3, I had a three-hour nap. It had been a good Girls’ Day Out!
Hello! I'm a grandma now, and a stay at home retiree who reads and writes and crochets a lot, and spends entirely too much time at the computer keyboard.
