July 10-12: The Zoo et al

Sunday we did better, making it over to Janet's friend Alexander's place without much in the way of detour, and then returning for a leisurely afternoon spent together with still another of her friends, Dirk, whom we convinced to come over to our place. This made us overly ambitious on Monday and Tuesday (July 11 and 12). On Monday we spent the afternoon at the zoo, where Nicholas is at his most assertive. One habit of his is to ask one of us what such and such an animal, or sign, or piece of garbage, is, only to repeat this, and considerable volume, to the rest of us. Sometimes he decides to identify an animal or other item himself, and maintains his position, again at considerable volume, against all objections. So he is still a bit too frantic for the zoo. But while frantic, he is of course also cute, if loudly so. Here I post a picture of Nicholas and Arlette on a lion.