Mother's Day DC Style

Today for Mother's Day my mother first came over to see our guenon baby at the Zoo. Then after having lunch downtown at the American History Museum, we spent some time at the Natural History Museum, mostly at some fantastic new wildlife photography exhibits, including one filled with photos taken in Africa from one of my favorite photographers, Frans Lanting.

No surprise, my two favorite photos were both of mountain gorillas - the species that started my early fascination and later career with non-human apes:

We then stood in a long line to see the new exhibits at the Renwick Gallery. Once inside we didn't have the patience to stand through the even longer line to get into the upper level exhibits, but here are a few photos from what we did have time to see:

And on our walk back to the Metro past the White House, we came across this man covered completely in silver paint, who had enlisted a passer by while dancing in front of the White House: