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Monthly Archives: June 2006

Green Blueberry

Thursday, June 29, 2006

It’s a green blueberry! That means it’s not ripe yet. Should I eat it?

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Fallen Elm Cleaned Up

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Passed by the White House while today. The fallen elm has been cleaned up, and the area taped off; I guess they’ll be putting a new tree in soon. Lots of Japanese people about, carrying little American and Japanese flags; turns out Koizumi is here, his last visit to DC as Prime Minister.

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Two Weddings Last Weekend

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Congratulations to two newlywed couples last weekend: Gordon and Kathie from First Baptist DC, and SadEyedArtist and Lhynard, whom I knew from my Baltimore days. To both couples, I wish an eternity of happiness. Here are a couple of photos of Gordon and Kathie just after tying the knot.

(Don’t let the wheelchair fool you, [...]

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Executive Elm Collapses (Bushes still intact)

Monday, June 26, 2006

Pull out a US $20 bill. Take a look at the picture of the White House. See that tree peeking in from the right, the 140 year old elm that’s been there since Andrew Johnson? Well, it’s gone. Yup. Fallen over, thanks to the soaker summer storms which have been hammering the Mid-Atlantic in recent [...]

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DC Thunderstorms

Monday, June 26, 2006

WaPo: Rain Wreaks Havoc. Low-lying areas of the DC region have been flooded by strong, soaking thunderstorms, and the rain is still going. CapitalWeather reports on flash flood warnings all over the place, and ReadExpress has a surreal photo of a flooded intersection right by the base of the Washington Monument hill. I’m glad I’m [...]

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Parakeet Closeups

Monday, June 26, 2006

Birdsitting the neighbor’s parakeet again. He’s such an incredibly affectionate and intelligent bird.

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Freezer Broken

Monday, June 26, 2006

(Freezer Broken, uploaded by brownpau.)
Friends, this is the freezer box of a compact Kenmore refrigerator from Sears. See the raised labyrinth-like pipes lining the platform? That’s a refrigerant coil. It contains freon (or some other non-ozone-depleting refrigerant substance for newer units). The coil is made of very thin and fragile aluminum. This is why technicians [...]

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Buds and Blossoms

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Is it flowering season? All of a sudden, every single one of my houseplants has put out buds or blossoms. Here’s the african violet, basil, and coleus respectively.

(Okay, I’m cheating a bit with the coleus; that’s actually a photo from its ancestor in 2004. I forgot to get a photo of the current flowers [...]

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New Catnip Spot

Saturday, June 24, 2006

The photostream has consisted mostly of Pandora photos lately. I’m not sure why. She really likes that single spot on the bed now; if you look at the webcam, she’s always there, all times of day. Possibly something to do with my leaving her catnip ball in that spot for several days.

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Another DC Thunderstorm

Friday, June 23, 2006

Ah, summer: season of hot, humid, unstable atmospheric conditions producing “Whoa Holy Crap” type thunderstorms, such as last night’s lightning-fest. We had a similarly violent storm just over a year ago, when I had my camera pointed out the window to catch the pyrotechnics. Here’s a video flashback to that storm, which was not all [...]

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