First feature:  The Houston Arboretum’s ArBOOretum.  Matt did some additional engineering on Carmen’s dragonfly wings this morning. We had time for a second feature in the afternoon, Texian Market Days at the George Ranch.

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Be lucky – it’s an easy skill to learn Those who think they’re unlucky should change their outlook and discover how to generate good fortune, says Richard Wiseman. (Found on MeMo this morning.) (I really like parentheses. After we moved our main machine to Ubuntu, a Linux OS, I’ve had trouble with blog logistics. Recently [...]

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That’s what I call it, this neighborhood of ours, only slightly tongue in cheek.  Universities, libraries, parks, museums, grocery stores, cozy cafes, green boulevards and our favorite restaurants are all just a hop, skip, or jump away.  Our walk score is 86; needing groceries doesn’t necessarily mean we need to bother pulling the car out [...]

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I drew a picture of a feller buncher on David’s underwear.  I even drew a cut pine tree with it.  I’d take a picture of my artwork, but he’s wearing the underwear already. In other news, today I washed the sheets.  And threw my new MP3 player in there with them.  And I ran the [...]

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1) They usually cost more than the plastic whatnots. 2) When your toddler is in a throwing phase, you may need to consider covering yourself and the other children in full body armor. (Alternatively, just hide the weapons–I mean toys–someplace high.) 3) Termites eat them. C&D have a pine lockbox. Earlier this summer I began [...]

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Green smoothie mustaches: Prompted by our little gall bladder adventure, I bought a blender for green smoothies. Our first smoothie was something like kale+ banana+something else. Almond milk? Anyway, it was supposed to be for me, for breakfast, but the two shorter people in the house managed to leave me little more than a taste.

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Oh, Joyce and Matt and babes, They had a ‘Ru packed full. They’d filled it up with camping stuff Then unpacked it all again. ‘Cause when you’re well, you’re well, And when you’re gone, you’re gone. But ’till I see the surgeon Wednesday I’m neither well nor gone. ~ I warned several of you that [...]

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