Sunday, April 24, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wet , wet, and more damp.
It's kind of what defines western Oregon when you think about it:
Rain, rain, and more rain.
Rain, rain, and more rain.
It's not that we really have more rain than other places or worse weather;
to the contrary it's actually fairly mild around these parts.
(translation-very few days of icy roads)
After a while though the grey, cool, dampness gets to you a little.
to the contrary it's actually fairly mild around these parts.
(translation-very few days of icy roads)
After a while though the grey, cool, dampness gets to you a little.
Somewhere out there, you know there are flowers blooming.
but still they are out there.
It's kind of funny really, outdoors there's so much grey and damp
I'm going to go to a place where the sun is always shining
and the flowers are always blooming,
whether they are real or made of sugar.
and the flowers may or may not be real
but it's a place full of brilliance and colour.
Still, the grey and damp can be beautiful in its own way too
and it really does make you appreciate the nice weather
when it shows up.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sweet Science at OMSI After Dark
Although it was cloudy again in Portland,
the moon was clear and bright...
(and evidently hurtling towards earth.)
Sweet Science was the theme at OMSI After Dark Wednesday night.
(which may explain why the moon broke out of its orbit.)
Yes, there were "Peeps........in..........Space" (think Muppets)
and candy was being set on fire
while Gummi bears were being blown up;
all in the name of sweet, sweet Science.
the moon was clear and bright...
(and evidently hurtling towards earth.)
(which may explain why the moon broke out of its orbit.)
Yes, there were "Peeps........in..........Space" (think Muppets)
and candy was being set on fire
while Gummi bears were being blown up;
all in the name of sweet, sweet Science.
Of course, we were not about to be left out of the fun.
There was this rather scrumptious game involving most of the Periodic table.
(We didn't have enough space on the board for all of the elements to fit,
sorry Mendelevium & Berekelium-maybe next time.)
just for their own satisfaction and because they could,
named off all of the elements.*
(Ah, science geeks)
Here's some of our other sweet action.
involved in designing music,
video games, and roller coasters among other things.
Above this game there was this spinning light,
a little mesmerizing.
Ancient Egypt
so my pastry chef came up with a cake design around that theme.
(We couldn't take pictures inside that exhibit but there was some really cool stuff there.)
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