looks like another three dog night. It’s already -12. I woke this morning to -25F.. (thats thermometer temp.. not counting for the stiff breeze)..
The dogs and I slept huddled next to the wood stove.. It was cozy and fun. .
I was glad we slept downstairs.. here’s what the temp was upstairs inside.. .. gotta love wood heat 🙂
I had a long productive day in the house alone.. then around 3:30 started heading to dartmouth. it was a nice one hour drive. I gave a talk on reinvention there
to the student IEEE chapter.. it was a good showing
Now ready to stoke the fire and pile under every blanket I can find..
Diane is down in Endicott. I am here with the dogs on the coldest night of the year. It's one of those three dog night's… But we only have two dogs!.(in the Middle Ages On very cold nights people would bring their dogs into their beds for warmth) All three of us are asleep on the floor as close to the fireplace as we can safely get. It was about -9 when we all curled up here. It's got colder than that now… Heading to 25 below I think. That's about the limit for our drafy old house.
Our big outing today was to help Finn and hs family celebrate his 5th birthday party with a big science show . We all met at the hinesburgh school.. on a cold and windy day
The kids loved watching their hair stand up on when they were hooked to the VanDeGraf.. it was a perfect day for static electricity .
Then we all rode around on my electric cart.. it was so crazy fun !
Then we made GAK.. white glue and borax.. yucky fun !
next came volcanoes big and small.. first vinegar and backing soda ones
then a bigger ‘elephants toothpaste” one using app hydrogen peroxide and yeast
finally came the ice cream.. we used almond milk which worked pretty well !!! It was delicious !
finn blue out the candles, then i put in a little liquid nitrogen to make the volcano cake really smoke !
Happy friday The 13th everyone. The day sort of rang true to its reputation. I managed to engage in a constant series of goose chases. Starting from driving to the wrong airport this morning in DC… Luckily, I had left enough time to get to the right airport.The rest of the day I wrestled with a broken calendar… And then late tonight tried fruitlessly to gather supplies for science show I’m doing tomorrow morning for a bunch of five-year-olds. How hard can it really be to buy 10 bottles of Elmers glue?!… Or coconut milk? 5 stores is how hard ! … The stars were not aligned with me… But, it is so nice to be home with my diane after a long week away. I am going to jump into a bathtub and with any luck will remember to put down my iPad first.
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