Following the wonderful example of Wilton Drive, here is a Menagerie photo collage... 

When it's cold out...

Moose and Lucy share a sun-beam!

Millie Jarvis Foster

Here are a couple of pics of our new niece (and her big sister Anna).

Baby announcement

We here at the Menagerie would like to announce to our vast reading public the birth of Emilia "Millie" Noelle Jarvis Foster, Eric's brother's second daughter. Millie arrived Friday in the wee hours of the morning, weighing in at just over 7 pounds. Big sister Anna is reported to be thrilled, as are proud parents Kevin and Donna, and 2 sets of proud grandparents. Uncle Eric and Aunt Daniela are anxiously waiting for photographs-- we'll post 'em as soon as we've got 'em!

Hide and Seek

I'm just part of this unmade bed, I am not a Moose-dog, no, no, no. 

Okay, we're squeakin' these in before the end of V-day!
Moose, Raz, and Lucy (who declined to be photo'd wearing her scarf, and actually removed it within seconds) send all of their friends special Valentine's Day licks. They can't send you anything else 'cos Mama and Dad won't let them have money cos they'd just use it to buy chocolates for themselves!
Note: the scarves are courtesy of Mama's friend Kate. Thanks Auntie Kate!

Eric in front of one of the many shot-gun houses in Madison, Indiana. We were in town to publicize Gretchen Clearwater's forthcoming speech. We really liked Madison- which was once the most important town in Indiana, given its location on the Ohio River - lots of historic storefronts, row houses, shot-gun houses, churches, etc.