Monkeys on the loose in St. Louis

1.  Monkeys?

Well, actually, monkeys are loose in NORTH St. Louis.  I didn't read about it until Monday morning, but apparently Animal Control announced it on Friday afternoon.  Then I learned that exotic animals are prohibited in the city of St. Louis.  I never knew that, either, but then why should I?  I've never considered getting a pet monkey.  You can read about it HERE, where the news specifies exactly where those monkeys are:

"Missouri’s Department of Health confirmed that the primates are in or around O’Fallon Park."  (See the park in the photo above.)

Owning exotic animals in St. Louis is banned by city ordinance.  For the record, I'm not technically in the city of St. Louis.  I live in a suburb, so those monkeys are nowhere near me.  Miles away, unless they somehow hitched a ride; but it's about a 20 minutes drive to get to my part of town from there.

2.  Residents

What is my second of today's TWOsday subjects?  Hmmm.  Oh, yeah, meeting people (not monkeys).  Yesterday, I met a new man who had just moved here (he silently counted on his fingers) "nine days ago."  He lives in the other building, but it's connected to my building by a link that allows us to look left and right, to the front parking lot and the back patio where we have trees and planters and lots of places to sit (when it's warm enough) while we talk or enjoy the air and the birds who come to our feeder.  In this photo, all the windows on the left, leading to the main entrance, are part of the link between our buildings.  The windows line both sides of the link, with these looking out over the parking lot.