feel the burn

My gym changed their class schedule to one that doesn’t work for me at all, so I’m off to a new one. This place is insanely huge, but it has a ton of different classes at lots of convenient times, which is what I need.
December 7 2009
not pictured:  pool, hot tub, indoor track, and lots more other random stuff

meat!

We picked up the first share of meat from the CSA today.  When you do this, you arrive at this field and there are little coolers lined up on the ground. You have to walk among them to find the one with your name on it. Off to the side are boxes with assorted parts (like livers and tongues, which we are totally buying next time) and eggs, which we did buy today.
December 6 2009

Castor

I realized today that I have taken pictures of the snake and the lizard at work, but none of the turtles. When I came into the turtle room today, there was Castor, posing on top of the log, as though he had had the very same thought.
December 2 2009

angry angry angry

Is there anything more pissed off than a cat tricked into his crate and on his way to the vet? Even the superbly mellow and good-natured Parker won’t take kindly to it.
December 1 2009

In other news, I can’t believe there’s only 30 days left of Project 365. I really had doubts I’d get this far….

Buddha’s hand

Once again, my photographic inspiration comes from my weekly run to Russo’s. I remember seeing this bizarre fruit a year ago, and reading that it’s only ripe for a brief time, so I figured I’d better get a picture while I could. My first shot was of the whole basket of these things, but that didn’t really show how strange they are. What I am holding in my hand here is just one fruit.
November 30 2009

into the woods

Doug and I did a little geocaching this afternoon in a couple of parks in the Auburndale village of Newton. We found all three caches too. On one of the trails, we found this directional sign, pointing you to the three possible trails you could follow. You may notice, however, that there are actually only two.
November 29 2009

finally!

We’ve had an assortment of snakes at work over the last 8 years or so. I’ve come in many times to discover the snake had shed overnight or early that morning, but I have never actually seen the shedding process in action. Until today…
November 28 2009