Archive for June, 2008

Flying Corn

So, it’s been a very busy two weeks. Italy was wonderful, even if the internet connectivity was not as consistent as I might have hoped and the trip home took far longer than it should. Then we turned right back around to go to a second conference - a little closer to home this time. Returned from that on Friday, went to a wedding yesterday, and I’m finally getting a chance to breathe. It will take me awhile to catch up on the pictures and the blogging, but I’ll have some stories to tell and some pictures to show of the time that I’ve been gone. For now, I need to go to bed, but I’ll leave you with the oldest picture of the day - when we were leaving for Italy:

8 June 2008: Flying Corn
The Atlanta airport had a number of flying vegetable sculptures. I had to take a picture of the corn jet.
Flying Corn

I meant to do this before I left…

Last week was crazy. I spent far too much time at work trying to get everything ready for the conference. I learned a lot about Illustrator in the process, and thankfully the posters are done! Of course, every time I look at them now, I see something that should’ve changed or didn’t print correctly, or… but that’s all right. I just need to smile and nod and let it go.

Anyway, I meant to do this before I left, but here are the pictures of the day from last week. There’s clearly internet access for me available, so I’ll share my Italian adventures with you later, but for now, enjoy last week’s pictures!

Tuesday, 3 June:
Egg Rolls
I made my own egg rolls on Tuesday night. I had some friends who were in town (more on that another time perhaps), so I didn’t take a lot of pictures of the process, but they look like egg rolls! (And I thought there were pretty tasty too.) Go me!

Wednesday’s picture was already up. I got a new haircut! I needed a trim anyway, and I thought I’d get rid of most of my blonde highlights from last year. I tend to grow out my hair, cut it all off and donate it, rinse and repeat. Locks of Love doesn’t accept bleached hair, so I thought I should cut it off before growing out my hair in earnest again. Besides, short hair is nice for the summer.

Thursday, 5 June
Einstein
It was getting late and I hadn’t yet taken my daily picture, so I started looking around the office for inspiration. I settled on this Einstein action figure my uncle got me a few years ago. He looks mildly frightening like this!

Friday, 6 June
Fixed it!
Here you get a glimpse of my poster. The dotted lines printed with the dots spaced too far apart, so I had to fill them in with a fine-tipped marker.

Saturday, 7 June
Growth
The day before leaving! I was a bit burned out after working all week, and didn’t really want to do much, even pack. Still, some things needed to be done - like transpanting the tomato plant into a larger container. So we did. And we transplanted the sunflowers into the tomato plant’s old pot.

And now, I leave you. Until next time!

A New Look

Me!
Wordless Wednesday

The Squirrel and His Apple

I know I already had a picture of the day, but I had to share this with you too.
The Squirrel and the Apple

Catch-up and another postcard!

Time to catch up on some photos of the day! It’s been a very busy weekend - mostly spent at work trying to get everything ready for our upcoming trip. (We’re not ready.) So, as is the norm, I’ve been remiss in keeping you all up to date with my daily photos! So here you go:

Boomer
This is Boomer; a friend brought in his dog to spend the afternoon in the office on Friday. It really made my day just that much better. I love dogs. And Boomer is quite well-behaved. We became quick friends.

Anya's Bone
This is Anya’s bone. After she’s done chewing on it for awhile, she always leaves it upright, and it amuses Logan and I to no end.

Flag Garden
While taking a break from work yesterday, Logan and I went to go grab some dinner and saw this on the way. With so many flags of so many different colors, I thought it was like a garden in its own right, so I had to take a photo.

Growing
Today’s photo (look, a photo of the day before 9 in the morning!) is another contest. I’m trying to grow this on my deck. Do you know what it is? Take a guess, and win a postcard from Italy if you’re right! (Since this is probably more difficult than the last contest, I’ll come back and post hints periodically - feel free to guess more than once!)

First hint: It’s a dwarf variety. I probably wouldn’t be able to grow the full-size version in a pot like that.

Second hint: It is not a vegetable, but parts of the plant can be used as foodstuffs.

Third hint: One of the (U.S.) states has it as its official state flower. (Not the dwarf version specifically.)

Yay! It has been guessed! Gerhard wins, and the mystery plant is a sunflower!