Settling in

I'm settling in nicely at my new job.  Today I brought in one of my hydrangeas from Easter to make my desk feel a little more homey.

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I have a fun little window that gets morning sunlight.

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I think I'll let my hydrangea live here for a while, but eventually I'm going to plant it on the grounds at Fiske Cottage.  (aka - in the flowerbed at my house.  It sure sounds fancier the first way, though!)

Almost too cute to eat . . .

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Almost.  But not quite.

Flowers from Jenny

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In November for my birthday, my friend Jenny gave me a big bag of bulbs.  She didn't tell me exactly what they were, but only said that they were an assortment of different flowers.  They've started to come up, and everyday I go out to check and see if there are any new clues to what they are.  So far there are yellow daffodils blooming, but a lot of other greenery that hasn't revealed the flower within.

Backpacking Dog

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We're planning a bunch of hikes for the summer, and possibly a backpacking trip.  So we got Sprocket his own back pack so that he can carry his own food and water!

The Tiger

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March's book club book was The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant.  It is the true story of a man eating tiger in Eastern Russia in the 1990's.  I actually listened to it on CD, because I was able to get a copy from the library sooner that way.  I think that listening to it was definitely the way to go, for me at least.  With my long commute, I was able to make it through the book fairly quickly, and painlessly.  It was an interesting story, but there were a lot of tangents, so I think if I'd been reading an actual book I would have found it a lot harder to power through it.  The tangents covered everything from Russian history, to big cat psychology.

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It's probably not a book that I would have picked for myself, but in telling David about it he thought that it sounded interesting, and he's probably going to read it, too.

Bike Rack Cozies

In St. John's the other day this bike rack caught my eye.

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What are those?

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They appear to be knit bike rack cozies.

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I think that someone has way to much time on their hands!

Sprocket's New Clothes

Sprocket's old collar had begun to wear out, so it was time for a new one!

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Conveyor Belt Sushi

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Last night for dinner we went to Sushi Land for dinner.  They have a conveyor belt that the sushi comes on.  If you see something that you like, you just grab it off the conveyor belt.  It's a pretty sweet deal.  The color of plate that the sushi comes on indicates how much that plate is.  We had a lot of fun!