The God Particle, Martians, Tricky People & other news of the week
Higgs-Boson, child identity theft, and other news of the week
Wordless Wednesday: Mr. Fix-it
Why this is awesome. (Hint: It’s not the tulips.) Related Links: Wordless Wednesday: Hammond Castle (Caterpickles): also good for answering the question “What’s Wordless Wednesday?”…
Daddyo’s Winter Survival Tip: “Don’t taunt the hand plague.”
Once upon a time we had a lovely green canister that we used to keep sugar on the counter for coffee, tea, and the odd spot…
Funny things my husband says, Episode 1273804695
(Hey, we’ve been married a long time.) Scene: Daddyo has left for work just a short hour before. He’s hardly even had time to get to…
Looking for a school fundraiser? Check out Square1Art
Last week, The Five-Year-Old came home from school with a simply brilliant fundraiser from Square1Art in tow. During art class, The Five-Year-Old and her classmates drew pictures with markers. Each picture was labeled with the child’s name and her classroom information.
Wordless Wednesday: Hammond Castle
Over Spring Break, The Five-Year-Old and I visited Hammond Castle, a medieval-style castle built by John Hays Hammond in the 1920s.
The Franklin Park Zoo in winter, or “What happens when you go up to a lion and say ‘baa’?”
I confess, I love visiting the Franklin Park Zoo in winter. True, the giraffes, the budgies, and the other warm-weather animals are in their winter enclosures and off-exhibit. You have to visit the farm animals in the barn, rather than in the much better ventilated outdoor petting zoo. The usually marvelous gardens contain only the dry stalks of last summer’s blooms. The carousel and other outdoor rides are dismantled. And there are no butterflies. But there are no crowds, either.
The Five-Year-Old cooks breakfast
Last weekend, Daddyo decided to teach The Five-Year-Old how to cook scrambled eggs. And that meant teaching her to crack an egg.
Weekly Hodge-Podge of Moderately Useful &/or Interesting Things
How to make your own watermark for photos, papal resignation trivia, and other news of the week.
The Five-Year-Old takes a stand: “No killing tigers. Period.”
I’m still working flat-out trying to catch up from last week’s vacation, but that’s ok, because The Five-Year-Old has commandeered Caterpickles this morning for a Public…
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