May we introduce: the Dread Pirate Gavroche. (That would be the guy standing on the cage, not the birdies underneath.) He hit the European mainland somewhere in December 2008 and is still around. Hard to shake off a pirate, apparently.

The Dread Pirate Gavroche is originally from the Northern part of CaliforniYAY where he likes to wreak havock with his partners in crime, S. and wee S. Since hitting the shores of Holland he has been the companion of N., forever by her side in excitement (okay, and a little boredom). Posted here are some pictures of his adventures so far. Not all of them because they are too numerous by now to amuse even the most amiable blogspotter.