Archive for July, 2008
Caturday!
Not much to show this weekend other than a couple of blurry photos of Pandora looking up at the camera with her blue and green eyes, and rubbing her head on a couch leg: Oh, and this quick snap of her looking perplexed at a new arrival to our home:
We Love DC
I had stopped writing for DC Metroblogging earlier this year, at a point when my posting frequency was down to about once a month and my work/home life simply did not give me time for it. There was no drama or conflict involved, just simple quiet lapsing into dormancy because I had too much on [...]
Botanic Sunday
Amy and I spent Sunday afternoon at the Botanic Garden. Despite it being the Fourth of July weekend tourist volume was tolerable, partly because USBG probably isn’t quite so high-demand, and it was near closing time. We spotted these two ladybugs mating in the flowers: (warning, real sex, not safe for work if you are [...]
Two Fireworks Timelapses
We stayed in for the Fourth of July, watching the fireworks from a friend’s apartment with a view towards the Mall. I set my camera on a tripod in time lapse mode to take a shot at 1-second intervals through the course of the show, while wget was simultaneously running on my computer and fetching [...]
Caturday!
As you can see from the photos, Pandora celebrated the Fourth of July in her customary aged feline manner, lying on the floor, dozing off, and occasionally rolling about.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2008
The 2008 Folklife Festival covered Bhutan, NASA, and Texas. (Yeah, yeah, I know, NASA.) Time constraints caused us to miss the Texas part — in violation of that popular Southern precept, “Don’t miss with Texas” — but we got a lot out of Bhutan and NASA. Bhutan My first impression of Bhutan was “Wow, there [...]
Ambulance, Hospital
Had a bit of a medical incident this morning which necessitated a 911 call and a ride to the hospital in an ambulance. Thanks to DC Engine Company No. 3 for the quick response, and thanks also to the emergency doctors, nurses, and techs at GWU Hospital for their thorough ministrations. Video and photos from [...]
Metro Zamboni
Friday, around 7PM, Metro Center was crowded with people, and a WMATA guy was driving a huge floor-cleaning machine back and forth around the packed Shady Grove platform, pushing people out of the way, dangerously close to the platform edge. Hey Metro, this couldn’t wait till later in the evening, like not right after the [...]