Lis's Project 365

It was live animal day at work again today, and the featured organization was Wingmasters, who do wonderful programs with birds of prey. Today, he brought a Peregrine Falcon, a Red-Tailed Hawk, a Barred Owl, and this little guy:

This is a full-grown Eastern Screech Owl. I don’t know why they are called that, as they do not screech. You can listen to their call here.  I think it sounds like a ghost horse. Screeches may be small (this guy weighs in at 5 ounces), but they can still tear you up. They are very common here in New England, but are rarely seen since they are almost impossible to spot against a tree.  Cool birds.

another round of pulmonary function tests for the doc. only this time, there was a bonus blood draw! how could any one person be so lucky…

Between the boxes and packing paper, it’s a party all the time for Parker and Winnie. Every night we hear the rustle-rustle of them investigating the piles of paper. Right now, as I type this, Winnie is in a little box that only holds her butt. And Parker is…well….Parker is here:

There’s been a raw potato on my desk since yesterday. I was going to bring it home today, figured I’d eat it sometime soon.

But then I got distracted by stabbing it with a drinking straw, and amused my coworkers by showing them how to do it, and that was the end of the potato.

I had to buy a couple of bags of marbles for a program at work. They came with this warning on them.

really. I don’t even know how to respond to that.

ah, the Registry. Had to renew the license today. It actually didn’t take long at all; the Registry has improved quite a bit, and by making so many transactions doable on-line, there are fewer people doing it in person.

But they still don’t look happy.

I’ve taken a page from Doug’s book and posted a picture of something I ate today.

I know a lot of people don’t  like Passover, but I am not one of them. It’s challenging to come up with a good menu, but that’s no big deal. And it’s certainly a good excuse to whip up a batch of lox, matzah and eggs for breakfast!

Every month at work, the Art Educator decorates the Art Studio with samples that show a wide variety of the type of art being done that month in the Studio. This month, the kids are doing puppet-making and the Studio is full of marionettes, hand puppets, and finger puppets of all shapes and sizes. But I liked these two.

There was a “feminist seder” at my moms’ UU church tonight. So naturally there was an orange on the seder plate.

The story my mom told was that a rabbi supposedly said “we need a woman on the bimah like we need an orange on the seder plate.” But I just did a little research, and many web sites tell a different story. And it’s much more interesting.

Anyway, the seder was fun and I am completely stuffed.

Git yer Boston Herald here!

or, um…your Boston Globe.
oops.