It's not fun to learn any more :(

I just walked in from seeing the Omni Theaters take on the whole hurricane Katrina catastrophe. It was a total let down. I feel like I just got out of a super cool film for ages eight through twelve. You know ever since they changed their moto to "IT'S ALIVE!" things have gone swiftly downhill. Remember when it used to be The Museum of Science, "Where it's Fun to Learn"? Like how do you make an ocean wave wave learn? Well, now it's just alive and no one over the age of twelve actually learns anything. The part that is most disturbing is the live animal display next to the bathrooms. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for little animals. But you'd think The Museum of Science could do better than tanks with cardboard boxes and dirty swimming water as homes for these little ones. I have tried to picture having fun in a fish tank, I truly have, and it's not that fun. I mean, there can't be any air circulation in those things. And running around in the same rectangle day after day with the same things every day and the same friends every day and nothing new to look at every day... Well, except for the people that are so obviously free and happy outside of your tank, but that adds further aggravation and that type of taunting doesn't give you any sense of release. It probably makes the situation more stifling if you ask me. Anyway, they should totally budget better homes in next year. You know, now that I am thinking about it, that's not true... The most disturbing part is how the womens bathroom always smells like old pee. I mean, seriously, there is a frigging drain in the middle of the floor people! How hard can it possibly be to keep a room with a drain in the floor smelling fresh. You could literally hose that place down with disinfectant. I'm just saying. I might just say to them in an email. And if they can't budget it in because sales have gone down, well, who's fault is that? Probably all the "scientists" that cater to twelve year old brains. I did like the irony of going and seeing Body Worlds 2 at a place who's moto is, IT'S ALIVE!. It's the little things...

I emptied my phone of all it's pictures by loading them all onto my lap top. I had forgotten how many were on there... In order...

After it snowed I took the dogs out to the woods. Good times. Here's the HUGE STICK charlie found and brought with him for a bit. Jimmy had a go with it as well making it totally worth finding. Please note the coat you see on James is his reversible Burberry coat. Sharp. On very cold days, I like to double layer it with his black fleece so the gap by his chest and lower body doesn't get him down with the cold sneaking in.




And a shot of the woods by the edge of the field as we were leaving. I like the whole light/dark/light aspect of it.


Of course we went back but this is from the other day and now the paths are just long sheets of ice. What normally takes me twenty minutes took me about and hour and a half. It was treacherous but I have dogs that need ample exercise or they act like total jackasses... Here are some shots of the icy paths.




I also found this oh so natural and oh so tiny frozen waterfall...





This next picture is burly. You've been warned.


This is the grossest thing I have come across in quite some time so out came the phone and snap went the shutter. At least I'm sharing!! I see this as progress.


Here's looking at you kid!!


He should have had his hair done for his photo shoot. Speaking of which, the hair which adorns my perfectly skull shaped head will be sheared March 30th! I'm pumped. Now, I don't usually post pictures of myself on here but this could call for a before and after shot. Get ready. I know I am.