At Brickmania, in a former WW2 bombsight factory, followed balls rolling through a giant kinetic K’Nex sculpture.
Category: Play
White LEGO
Ordered 825 of these Lego parts so Dwight can expand his architectural explorations. (This is a color photo.)
Flight Simulator
Flight simulator, MSP Airport, this morning. I was waiting for Dwight to go through his Global Entry interview.
Channeling Eva Gabor in Kirishima
As the floor plan shows, the lower levels of big Japanese resort hotels have something for everyone. Last week, in Kirishima, Kyushu, Japan, I walked through the hotel’s amusement area dressed in a yukata, clutching a towel, heading for the stairs to the outdoors hot springs. People were laughing and joking and drinking. Their… Continue reading Channeling Eva Gabor in Kirishima
Why I Like SCUBA Diving
I don’t do water activities. I’ll dangle my feet over the edge of the shallow end of a hotel swimming pool while sipping something with a little cocktail umbrella poking out. Preferably a beer. But that is as far as I go. My partner, Dwight, does do water activities, including SCUBA. I’ll never do that,… Continue reading Why I Like SCUBA Diving
Homemade Holiday Lights
Soldered LEDs, resistors, and wires. Next week, we’ll use these lights to build Christmas ornaments with our nephews.
An Old Lady with Attitude
What is this? Surely it’s not a hat. I came across this while reorganizing our kitchen drawers. It’s a tea cozy, designed to keep a teapot warm. It was 1999. I was in Glasgow, Scotland, visiting my elderly aunt. Her elegantly dressed, equally ancient neighbor presented me with the tea cozy she had knitted. The… Continue reading An Old Lady with Attitude
Playing With a Soldering Iron
Created a traffic light construction kit and soldered parts. Decided 6-year-old + 7-year-old + soldering iron = bad idea.
Queen Boadicea
Caribou Coffee: Demonstrated my extensive knowledge of world history. (Most British schoolkids can answer this one.)
Inner Child
Fed my inner child: some Lego Technic pieces arrived in the mail. My nephews *might* get these in 2 or 3 years.