Lasermom @lasermom@qoto.org

@Sophie Good for you! Years after I retired I noticed my physics lab manual is still being sold to students- but with the current instructor's name on the cover. I wonder if students are perplexed by the references to the "Apple IIe"

@drskyskull Husband and son used to try that too. Not very pleasant to have to listen to that practice.

Fascinating!

@WillRobinson It's hard to wrap my mind about taking pride in being boorish and ignorant.

@futurebird 60 years ago I watched my mom make her Palmer method circles in the air before writing. Now there's this.

@yassie_j As it turns out, in my brief ballet career (one year, age 5) I was indeed a lily pad, although visited by a little boy sprite of some sort, not a frog. Then I had to be escorted off stage because I stayed behind to find my parents.
My career ended for many reasons- another sibling, starting kindergarten, or (most likely) I'd become quite a brat.

All this balloon chatter reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad joked about owning an "official weather balloon". There was some catalog that came to the house that had them. So we got him one for his birthday, inflated it to 5 ft or so- then promptly popped it when it caught on a bush. I'd completely forgotten about that until now.

@JustMug@mastodon.world Yeah I decided the mail will keep out there in the box until the wind stops at least.

It's a good night to be knitting a blanket by a fire.

Nearly two inches of rain overnight and yarrow sprouting. This is not a New England winter I'm familiar with.

Thread spools used to be made of wood. Not that long ago, really. Then plastic, and the price increased (not cause and effect).

@raulclima I remember living near a city and sometimes could see the Milky Way. Now in the "country" (near a large university to be sure) I can only pick out the brightest stars. My SQM seemed to think it darker than I did, so maybe that's aged eyes? I know it takes a LONG time now for accommodation.

@drskyskull I'm supposed to be sewing a cowgirl outfit for a 6 year old but I'm here stuck with my laptop. Get. Off. This. Chair.
(And what 6 year old city kid wants a cowgirl outfit? Pink, no less. Disney princess meets Annie Oakley)

Scraping scale insects off the allspice tree and cleaning up the mess they leave behind is oddly satisfying. When it was half this size, spouse said it it's too much work get rid of it. Now he's gone it's my duty (plus his two banana and lime trees, also scale-prone).