Friday cat (and ape, and elephant, and equine, and skeletal) blogging

Forgive me, all. I've seriously neglected blogging, aside from the lectionary blog. Things have been ... well ... I took a job, and I'm excited about it. And a bunch of other things have happened that I'm far, far less excited about.

But today was a lovely day. Karen and I went to the National Zoo, which is pretty much our favorite thing to do when we've got a day to do whatever we want. We usually also go to the National Cathedral on such days, but Karen was tired enough not to be dying to go, and since I'd just been there on Wednesday (my friend Raewynne Whiteley was giving a presentation at the College of Preachers), I was OK without my Evensong fix.

Tonight is the first night of the totally-fun-looking Boo at the Zoo celebration, where costumed youngsters roam the zoo picking up treats from booths and viewing some spooky displays along the way. This one was meant, I think, to ask us to imagine the truly terrifying: what church lawns would look like if their nativity scenes were designed by John Waters.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!

Well, it probably isn't all that much more terrifying than most awful giant nightlight nativity scenes that go on display. I enjoyed it.

There were some also animal-faced ghoulies around:

More cute than terrifying, I'd say – but fun.

And then some of the displays were more surreal than anything else:

Oh, and there were some animals there too:

You can see more photos from the day in this online album.

All in all, a fun and relaxing day.