more favorite pics

I didn't downsize most of these pictures . . . partly because I forgot, but mostly because I didn't think about it.* They're pictures from the past (is that what time-lapse photography means?)

*I'm posting this late at night, so that made sense to me. It was supposed to say "mostly because I'm lazy."

Family pic of us at the zoo. It helps to bring a 5th person to photograph the rest of you!

These are other pictures from Joy's of dad's that I liked. Grandma Dut told me today that Evan has started really crawling.

I stayed with Ella in her double bed. Much to my surprise, I got one Croc mailed to me last week . I guess they didn't look very far under the bed for #2!

Here's a lovely shot of me & my parents at IHOP. I'm pretty sure we reached the point when the camera should have beeped a warning or something.

At Grandma Dut's apartment, Ella had fun throwing the suction cup ball and watching it stick. She tried to pull it off of my dad's glasses, but when she pulled the glasses started coming off. She jerked her hand off like she had touched a stove.

We had a discussion at home about what a group of cats is called. I told Grant that we have finally achieved "herd" status, but it's not the right word. Anyone know the collective term? Does pride apply to pansy house cats?

The cats in this pic are (heads L to R): Mia, Solomon, Weezer, Lily, Myrrh, and Sheba. (Or we could go by their aliases Solomon=Solomander, Solomonster; Weezer=Weeza; Lily=Lilliput, Willy; Myrrh=Murgatroid, Myrtle; Sheba=Shebaby)

In case you were wondering, it is possible to wear a cat and a hood on your head at the same time. Weezer did pretty good in there for a while, but not long enough to balance by himself long enough to get out the camera. He didn't even smile :(

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The title of this post is the directions to my house from my parents, or vice versa. Now you know.

Ryan and I left my parents' this morning a little before 9:00a EDT and got back to Highland around 5:15p EDT, so we made pretty good time. We stopped at the last rest area in NC going west on I-40 and had fun taking weird pictures. People kept looking at us like we were strange. Oh well.

I finished painting this bird puzzle last night, and after looking at it this morning, dad thought it needed some more sanding. He sanded the tree, leaves, and background, so I have to repaint them, but they're not nearly as hard as the birds. The oriole and hummingbird ended up being my favorite of the birds. It was hard cutting them out and retaining the right shape for each of them.

Well, time to start unpacking. Too bad I have to go back to my job tomorrow :(

do they go to the zoo? . . . supposibly

The NC Zoo is in Asheboro - pretty close to my parents' house. On Sabbath, we packed in my car with a picnic supper and went to visit some animals (as if there weren't enough at home).


grant's zebra


grant rolling dung with the local beetles


gazing at the grazers


fennec - notice the ears look a lot like Weezer's


funhouse mirrors?


Lowland gorilla


arctic fox - if you've seen Planet Earth, you saw one of these stealing goose eggs and goslings


the laziest polar bear ever


puma, catamount, mountain lion, cougar, panther, painter, mountain screamer . . . you pick

bad boyz

this is weezer (sir cap'n jack weezer*)
*i was not home and played no part in coming up with his name

he doesn't get out much. he's not supposed to, but on a leash for the purpose of taking pictures, it's ok.

weezer doesn't slow down much, so it's hard to take pictures of him, especially in low light. he's a blue point so is a lot lighter than our other meezers. he scares me by flying up the stairs and jumping on my book while i'm reading in bed.

he aspires to be a jungle cat.

solomon is teaching him.

solomon makes a good babysitter.

he plays close attention to weezer's leash and doesn't let him get very far.