In the US, plus photos of Zach and Olivia in the courtyard

Zach and Olivia are currently enjoying a trip to the US, which means dad is living the exciting bachelor life in Beijing. This consists mostly of watching TV, it turns out. Which means its not really all that different from my actual bachelor life, back in the day. Zach and Olivia will be in Palo Alto for another week and a half or so.

Zach is adding words like crazy these days, in both English and Mandarin. It's been fun listening to him learn to speak. I expect his trip to the US will yield a bunch of new vocabulary, much of it probably having to do with Nana's dog, Lucy.

While we were all in Singapore I treated myself to a new camera lens. Recently, on a Saturday in the courtyard, I had a chance to try it out on my favorite subjects. The results can be found on Flickr, here. That set is a mix of old and new photos, and the new photos start here, if you want to concentrate on them. A few starters below.

Enjoy!