heffalumps!

The Syracuse, NY, zoo was delighted to announce the birth of healthy twin baby elephants.

Due to the sheer improbability as well as the complexity of elephant ultrasounds, the zoo team did not anticipate the birth of twins. However, they were prepared. Elephant care staff have been supplementing the second calf with a specialized milk replacer they received days before the delivery.

The article doesn't say who supplied the baby elephant formula.

If anyone reading this is in or near Syracuse, the elephants can be seen daily, either outdoors or in the Pachyderm Pavilion, depending on the weather.

birthday

To celebrate my birthday a couple of days ago, adrian_turtle made a chocolate cake with cinnamon glaze, and we had excellent sushi delivered, from Cafe Sushi in Cambridge, Mass. Cafe Sushi has been takeout/delivery only since the beginning of the pandemic., and shows no signs of planning to change that. (I wouldn't be dining in anyhow, under the circumstances.

I miss going out for dinner to celebrate my birthday, but am entirely happy to have had excellent sushi four dinner. And it is so good to be living together, so Adrian doesn't have to keep an eye on the time before heading back to Arlington.

We'd hoped to see minoanmiss earlier in the day, in the nearby park because the weather was unseasonably warm, but she had to cancel.