Lis's Project 365

My sister-in-laws family is staying with us for a few days, so we’ve got 5 extra people in the house, with 2 of them under the age of 18. So the house has been a bit of a circus, but not in a really bad way at all. Today, Doug and our niece and nephew made cupcakes for Doug’s dad, who is celebrating his 80th birthday this weekend. I’m happy to say the kitchen is still standing, and the cupcakes look delicious.

Oh what a miserable morning!
Oh what a miserable day!
I’ve got a nasty wet feeling
Can’t wait til it goes away..!

You know it’s raining hard when it shows up in a photo without any special effort on the part of the photographer.

I don’t know which struck my funny bone more: the sign that has a picture of a person sitting in a chair, in case you’re not sure what chairs are; or the note that assures the reader that putting the chairs back just isn’t all that hard.

So we’ve had this inflatable planetarium, called a StarLab, for about a week at work, and we’ll have it for another week. It’s pretty cool, and it’s easy enough to use since our visitors are so young–we’re doing some very simple introductory programming.

It’s hard to get a picture of the inside of it, of course, because it’s dark. and since you can’t really use a flash, everything is blurry. But I still like this picture.

We had a goodbye cake for someone at work today. This is what was left by the time I got to it.

I’m going back to basics this week, with no theme.

So as many of you faithful followers know, I am new to the world of bike riding, never having learned as a kid. Yesterday, Doug and I went for a ride along the Charles, which was lovely, and I had my first real spill.

In addition to the loveliness you see here, I also have some other very nice scrapes and bruises. But none as pretty as this one.

Shortly after we moved in, Doug rigged up a way to hang the canoe from the ceiling in the garage. It gets it out of the way in a secure place, and Doug can drive right under it and lower the canoe right onto the car! Very handy.

another Critter Day at work, and these people had some really cool critters. Including this toucan, who sat on my arm and ate blueberries that I fed her. Then she was nibbling at my name tag and keys, and the camera when I held it up.

I know it doesn’t fit in with the theme of the week, but hello…! it’s a toucan!!

Doug has taken several pictures of the inside of his car, and I figured it’s my turn.

another long day when I nearly forgot to take a picture. I was at an intersection on the way home and decided to take a picture of the traffic light above my head, before it changed. I didn’t really have time to compose the shot well, but I still like the way it came out.

in this case, I guess I do like traffic lights.