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Dog in sidewalk planter in Georgetown. He likes that grass. Watering bowl provided by Baked And Wired cafe.

(GrassDog.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)

Zoo Visit

Amy and I strolled around the zoo over the weekend. Of course, the National Zoo on a summer Saturday is, like much of the Tourist Core of DC, Screaming Toddler Central, especially as we were going around the Reptile House, but things were quieter with Invertebrates. See the full zoo photoset here. Having forgotten my regular camera (the Powershot A400) at my in-laws’, I’ve been using my Thincam as backup, so please excuse the lower quality. Some snaps:

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Oh, a Zoo tip: do not try to use your credit card with the vending machines. Dealing with two separate user interfaces: the machine itself and the POS card swipe (I use “POS” for both its meanings here), which barely interact with each other and give conflicting information, will frustrate you to tears as you struggle to extract ice cream bars from a machine which hates you for not having exact change on a hot sunny day.

Caturday!

Take a dark room, a low ISO, and a cat who just won’t stop moving, and you get these photos of Pandora’s head doing what looks like the Picard Maneuver:

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And if you haven’t seen it yet, you may enjoy Pandora’s take on the serious cat macro:

Pandora Are Serious Cat

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Crab.jpg

Great Land Crab, Cardisoma guanhumi. Despite being called a land crab, it must return to water. In the Invertebrates Exhibit now.

(Crab.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)

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Looming nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds in the northeast. Weather alert calls for 2 inch hail. Will I make it home in time?

Update: Yes! A wave of rain had passed when I got to Union Station, and it was still drizzling, but my lovely wife had just arrived from her work mere minutes before, and met me with an umbrella. She’s an awesome wife.