germ-balls

The first time I saw balls like these to play in was at 'Sesame Playland' where my parents [uncharacteristically] brought my brother and me when we were very little. It must have been the same trip that we went to Hershey Park, in Hershey, PA. Strangely, there are no photos of either of these places- just the fuzzy memories I have stowed in the recesses of my brain. At Sesame Playland my parents bought us fruit juice in fruit-shaped bottles, which was *awesome*. (Mine was grape.) At Hershey Park we went on a ride that simulated the chocolate making process- when we entered the 'oven' portion I was terrified, thinking for certain that we were all going to be toasted into crispy cocoa for their factory...

It's a trap!

This sign attached to a little bridge next to the sidewalk was clearly a trap. I don't know if it was put there by trolls or kidnappers or bears, but you can bet I didn't cross the bridge. No sir... just kept right on walking...

barbecued pizza

Moonhawk took this picture on Saturday night. He takes such nice photos, and I really liked this one... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonhawk/4803940472/) I can't think of a nicer way to spend an evening: drinking wine and cooking for/eating with some of the people I love most...

tigers

http://www.wildanimalsanctuary.org/animals/photogallery.html
We packed a picnic and got to the sanctuary around 6. The animals were mostly sprawled in the late day sun and as it began to cool off two lions called to one another, and the wolves and grizzlies began to get more active... The mountain lions began purring and the tigers who were staying cool in their galvanized pools pulled themselves out to dry off.

None of the animals will every be released into the wild- they're all there for the rest of their lives since they were born in captivity and most had been [mis]kept as pets or as circus performers, and would never be able to survive in the wild. It's a better life than they could have had otherwise, though- but strange to see a huge male lion roaring in the dried grass of Colorado farmland...

I made a pun.

Get it?

drawing I found

big move

If Mudcarp and Sidekick were to move across the country, I imagine this is what it would look like... If we were all headed somewhere together (as I'm hoping we would be- those little guys are basically family...) maybe they'd let me stash some things in their rented truck... amidst their algae wafers and dried tubifex worms. My guess is that Mudcarp would do most of the driving.

sugar

Between the desserts for Sunday and the garden-thinning/harvesting Monday, I got more dishes dirty this weekend than I have in a long time...

to avoid conflict

his & hers