We did make it out, late in the day, to the Botanic Garden. It wasn’t cold, and there weren’t many people there because there was nothing “pretty” in bloom yet. Still, it has a spare beauty in the winter and is always worth a visit in reasonable weather. So we took a lot of photos. I don’t know how David’s came out with the new camera, but mine aren’t so bad…
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Entropy House Productions Presents – Lord of the Peeps Oh, my God, I have to post this on Highla-l right now… the annual Peeps invasion is upon us. Hmm…. I wonder if their next opus will be “Samuel Peeps Diary?”
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I’ve finally started transcribing the next England trip journal. I’ve been putting it off for a long time because: 1. it’s really long, because I stopped writing daily entries for a week. B. We took a boatload of photos the whole time, and that means Photoshop. Tha-rrreee. I got bad news from home in the middle of that week, and have been mulling over how to present it in the entries. However, I decided to break it down into workable chunks by location and date, so that the lengthy “afterwords” for each place were easier to deal with. So maybe…
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My friend catsnco reports: No Pants Day is Friday, May 7th! De-baggers, this is your big day!
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“It’s 50 degrees!” Since it’s supposed to be nice today, we’re going to the Chicago Botanic Garden just to get out of the house, take some pictures, and enjoy the day. It’s early for there to be much in bloom – still late winter here, though there might be snowdrops or something. “It’s 50 degrees!” I have a co-worker that has some rather odd ideas about “seasonal attire.” I’m actually a little concerned that the weather is warming up, because very soon (much sooner than you would think physically possible), she will start wearing shorts to work. If anyone says…