“How many colors do they grow corn in?”
The Six-Year-Old, upon learning that her blue corn chip is made of blue corn and not simply soaked in blue food coloring, asked: “How many colors…
Wordless Wednesday: Black Squirrel
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The Soggy Six-Year-Old
The Six-Year-Old, stepping out of the shower: “My hair’s all wet, but my echolocation is better than ever!” Related Links: More Funny Stuff My Daughter Says…
Wordless Wednesday: Porcupine in Winter
While browsing around the Internet last week, I came across this ridiculously cute video of a sleepy porcupine eating an apple in a snowstorm. I snagged…
“How do you tell the difference between a green pumpkin and a gourd?”
Last week, I saw this heirloom pumpkin display. My photograph told The Six-Year-Old everything she wanted to know about green pumpkins, but Daddyo’s mind had a question. “How can you tell the difference between a green pumpkin and a gourd?”
“Where do banana slugs live?”
On learning that banana slugs lose and regrow over 27,000 teeth in their lifetime, The Six-Year-Old’s mind naturally had a question. “Mommyo, where do banana slugs live?”
Wordless Wednesday: World’s Biggest Dragonfly
Look who I found when I wandered out into our parking lot one afternoon this summer. Man, bugs get big here. Related Links: Wordless Wednesday on…
Wordless Wednesday: The Basil Patch at the Chicago Botanic Garden
A week or so ago, some friends invited us out to the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was a gorgeous day, and in my usual camera-impaired style,…
Wordless Wednesday: My Sky Yesterday
While this image of the Earth from Saturn was making the rounds of the Internet yesterday, The Six-Year-Old and I were hanging out at our little…
Wordless Wednesday: An Acorn of Unusual Size
In the process of very thoroughly cleaning out my piano, my piano tuner found this bizarrely large acorn tucked away inside. The Six-Year-Old and I have no clue what possible connection there could be between 1901 Everett uprights and 1.25″ acorns, but we are determined to find out. In the meantime, we’d like to know what kind of nut this is.
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