New Windows!

In addition to becoming a car owner, I also replaced the five windows in my living room. Mom and dad were here for 10 days, helping me out.


That's Shannon, me and dad taking out the old windows.

It's so much cooler and quieter in my living room. I love it! Now I only have 4 windows left to replace in the house.

Kirigami Menagerie

Photographer Hiroshi Hayakawa has a new book out on Kirigami (a variation on origami involving cutting the paper). The book will be available September First from Lark and local writer Erik Johnson provides a limerick for each of the 38 animals featured in the book. I receive a small amount from Amazon from each book purchased through this link.

Hummingbird Emergency

Hummingbird Emergency
Originally uploaded by nekosoft

The other night when I came home, this Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) was trapped in my house. He had come in though an open window at ground level and was buzzing around the higher windows tapping his tiny beak against them.

I coaxed him into a room with windows with removable screens, but he still wasn't figuring things out, preferring to sit on my light fixtures.

I persuaded him to land on a broom and then maneuvered the broom outside, where he flitted away.

What I've Been Doing Instead of Blogging...

I'm still a little traumatized.

Broomfield Outdoor Cinema

Broomfield Outdoor Cinema
Originally uploaded by nekosoft

Saturday was the last evening for the outdoor cinema in Broomfield. They had a HUGE inflatable screen set up on the soccer pitch and families set up chairs and blankets to watch Back to the Future.

Julia and I had forgotten bug spray but we were able to rely on herd immunity: everyone around us was repellent enough that the mosquitoes couldn't find us.

Perhaps notable: we were laughing *hysterically* throughout the entire movie. It's hilarious! But those around us would only emit an occasional chuckle. Do those in Boulder County laugh more uproariously than those in Broomfield County?