My dad was in town this weekend, and we took KFP to the Elmwood Park Zoo, which is a small zoo that is not as crowded or expensive as the Philadelphia Zoo. KFP loved it so much we upgraded our day passes to a year-long membership, so that we can come back when they open their new Red Panda exhibit in about a month ( Read more... )

It took me a while, but I got through all of my vacation photos from our weeklong trip to Vermont. They are now online in a Flickr album, with captions that tell you the story of our trip:

Vermont Vacation 2014 pics

Looks like Flickr has changed its sharing options to no longer include a direct link to L.J. That's just as well, since I always had to tweak the code in order to get it to open the thumbnails in a new window ( Read more... )

This week, Wild Violet looks forward to the new year with humor and awe.

Wild Violet Featured Works: Week of Jan. 6 (New Year)

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This has been an atypical Thanksgiving for our family. Since my mom is recovering from hip surgery, we made reservations a month ago to eat our meal in a local restaurant that had a Thanksgiving special. The reason was two-fold: we didn't want Mom to over-exert herself (and weren't certain she'd allow us to do everything for her) and we didn't know ( Read more... )

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