More in a bit

I've got a few post ideas bouncing around in my head that I need to whip into some semblance of order before publishing, and one draft saved that needs some serious editing (but which will, in all likelihood, have a few more sentences tacked on before being published pretty much as-is--see if you can guess which of 'em in the  next week is the post in question, and I'll reward you with double what you paid to read it!) so's I don't embarrass myself with it.  Right now, though, I got nothin' much, and my very-adored mother-in-law is in town today so we're going to the Zoo in a wee bit.

In the meantime, here's a picture of Esther, who was getting a little tired of all the photos we were taking of Marie: