Lis's Project 365

it makes me happy to see classic game things like hopscotch, chinese jump rope, and pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey

I had no idea jujubes were anything other than a movie theater concession stand candy. learn something new every day.

Doug and I went for a lovely walk at Worlds End reservation in Hingham today. there were not many birds to be seen, but we did spot this little guy moving quite quickly across our path.  we did not take a measurement of his brown stripe….it doesn’t really work anyway.

we were playing around with a new exhibit idea today; there were some giant blowers set on a table and the floor beneath and we tied streamers to them and tossed in paper leaves, fabric and other stuff. this is how the magic happens, people….

meanwhile, when I got the picture off the camera, I decided I really wanted to show off the long ribbon, and the background was distracting. so I went back to the camera and selected just the red; it’s one of my favorite features to play with.

at Stefan and Emily’s wedding, there were small pumpkins on the table, along with sharpie markers and encrouagment to decorate.  the sharpies tended to fade quickly (wax on the pumpkins maybe?) but creativity and patience won out.

it was 16 feet long and weighed 1200+ pounds and everyone wanted a piece of it.  literally, and figuratively.

there’s an activity at work with things like turtle shells, deer antlers, and other objects that demonstrate how animals defend themselves. I had Watson out today and he seemed a fine addition.  and yes, that’s a freakin’ huge lobster claw he’s sitting on.

part of Boston’s new city wide public piano program, this one is installed in front of where I work. as I sat outside at lunch, I was treated to a spirited duet of “Heart and Soul” by two men who may or may not have actually known each other, and a technically excellent but less spirited version of “My Heart will go On.” 

(with apologies to John Mellencamp)

There’s bacteria…in my bronchi…livin’ in that moist neighborhood
I got a petri dish living inside my lungs
And my doc thinks maybe that’s not so good.
And there’s a white box in the kitchen, filled with some sterile saline
And I look at it and think, hey vials, I really hope you can stop a cough.

CHORUS:
So I got a nebulizer just for me
Noisy nebulizer, yeah, something to see 
Nebulizer will get my breath free
Little pink vials that you can see….

young Leo discovers the joys of beer. seems to be a trend among our friends’ kids.