It's hard to distinguish the babies but a family of Canada geese were feeding by the bike path. A runner went past just as I was taking this pic and the geese retreated.
The Mighty Mississip! Not really, just a very swollen Olentangy River.
I found this bunny just inside the OSU Wetlands. There is something going on with the local raccoon population. They're sick! I'm not sure if it's rabies but I have seen two of them in about the same location in the wetlands and both were out in the daytime, looking dazed. One was sitting in the middle of the path and the one I saw yesterday was sitting in the grass. They almost look drunk, all glassy-eyed and tottery.
The wetlands. Sometimes you can see herons here. Yesterday I just saw an assortment of ducks and geese.
I don't know who lives in this tree but I think we're related! I just love Northmoor Park and I'm so lucky I live nearby!
This tree, also in Northmoor Park, has built-in bookshelves! The line of trees behind this one is also very appealing. They're in the same park as the Sisters, but on the other side of the bike path. Maybe these are the Brothers?
So I made Steph's springrolls tonight and they weren't too bad (it was not her recipe that I had no confidence in)! I didn't have carrots, so I made do with what I had (I added some thinly sliced onions, yellow pepper, and mushrooms).
Some of them leaked a little bit but they sure are tasty! Crispy with just a smackerel of heat!
As some of you know, I spent most of last fall looking for a new job. No one wanted me so, discouraged, I gave up the hunt. A month or so ago, one of my good friends (and former coworker) called me and asked if I would be interested in some part-time work. I, of course, said yes. It all took a while to go through, but I had an interview last week and I should start my new job next week!
What am I doing, you ask? Why, I'm back at LabCorp, working in the micro department! Just like the good old days. I'm pretty excited about working there again; I love me some micro! They didn't seem to think I'd need much training, even though I've been gone for seven years, they have some new automation, and I'll be entering my own results in their computer system, which I don't know. So I'll be working Sundays and Monday evenings, with the possibility of picking up another night or two (as my tired, old, worn out body can take it!).
Another bit of potentially good news is that I was invited to submit my cockroach story to Tangent, a literary magazine! I submitted it but not sure what's the next step. If they want to publish my story and that's it, I'll be happy and buy a couple of copies. If they only want my story to get money out of me, they can piss up a rope! Does anyone know how these things work?
This painting currently resides in my bedroom. It was painted by my great-grandmother.
Born Caroline Belle Boalt on August 8, 1882, she married Karl Kumler Lorenz on June 5, 1906. Apparently Caroline loved parties and was a gracious host. She broke her back when she was a girl and had to relearn how to walk. My mother adored her.
I don't know much about the Boalt family but the Lorenz family emigrated from Russia. Edmund Lorenz, Karl's father, founded the Lorenz Publishing Company in Dayton, Ohio. Karl and Caroline's oldest daughter, Ellen Jane (my grandmother), wrote choral and handbell music, which was published by the family business.
When I was a child, I sometimes went to handbell choir practice with my grandmother. I couldn't read music so she'd point to me when it was my turn to ring my bell. She wasn't a whole lot of fun but I enjoyed the bells and some of the naughty songs she taught me.
Sadly, I'm not genetically related to these people. The world will never know how much talent I didn't inherit!
An aside: The pot in the painting is the same pot that sits in front of it! How cool is that?
