A couple of months ago, I cleaned out the fridge and discovered a vibrant blue-green and white mold on some spaghetti sauce. Obviously, this container got shoved to the back of the fridge and wasn’t seen for a while. The mold against the red sauce makes for a striking and artistic contrast. If you look at a closeup of the mold, you can see that it has a fuzzy, almost cottony texture. …
In March, I had to go to Chicago for a work conference and Erik came with (he is the BEST traveling companion!). While there, we were fortunate to be able to visit the Field Museum at an after-hours party hosted by one of the conference vendors. I had never been to the Field Museum before, but it’s one of those museums that is spoken of with awe in the museum community. They are known for…
We got a fair amount of snow in the Twin Cities metro yesterday. Judging by how much I shoveled off the deck, I’d say around 4 inches that was light and easy to move. It was preceded by rain a couple days before, which was a good thing. We’ve been in drought conditions and, as a friend of mine always says, we needed the rain. It’s been unseasonably mild this fall, with temps in the…