Cold today. In the 20s-30s. Yow!

Stayed in. Vacuumed the house. Cleaned the stairs.
(The stain is from a fire in 2006.)

Enjoyed looking at samples with my microscope.

Cleaned about 50 slides. The tiny covers are particularly challenging.

I put little papers between each slide to keep them from scratching. That’s how they were packed originally in China.

Delicious pizza Kathy and Jesse this evening. Avalanche!

Great to spend time with the family!

My shoulder bag has been developing holes.

Kathy gave me a piece of denim that I hot glued to the inside of the bag. Worked great!

Ashley teaches me things about hot glue guns. This one was a great tip!

Admin duties now.

Smugmug started working. Uploading pictures from yesterday. Then I’ll add the pictures into the blog.

SUPER cold today! In the 20-30s.

Went to Walmart to pick up the school supplies I need for the new mission at Olde Salem in Lawrenceville.

Also got the family groceries.

Picked up my computer.

It needed a new graphics card.

Glad it’s working. For some reason I’m not able to upload pictures to my Smugmug account. So no pictures yet. (The problem suddenly vanished the next day.)

Royal Burger at Red Robin for lunch.

Then to Lawrenceville to talk with the manager and give her the stuff.

Back to Stone Mountain to collect water samples for my microscopic safari.

Also saw these mushrooms.

The freezing temperatures had created a very thin layer of ice.

Always something new and different to see.

Admin duties now.

Interesting title.

Doesn’t every family need these?

Merry New Year! 2014—It’s got a nice ring to it!

Sadly, my computer is having problems. The graphics card died. Getting it worked on now. Should have it up and running on Friday.

Had trouble getting onto my blog. Password had been changed to protect our site from a mass hacking attempt.

2014 marks the TENTH year I have been doing this blog! That strikes me as quite incredible.

Had a quiet New Years Eve.

Wednesday I shopped for supplies for the house and my microscope. A baster, some small water tight containers and ear dropper.

This is where I collected the sample from.

Hiked up Stone Mountain. Always something cool to see.





Tiny beauty.

I like these horizontally growing trees. This is how it starts. Hardly any roots.

And these roots.

Sun kept trying to get through.

I got a really nice microscope over Christmas. It’s opened up a whole new world of fascination for me. Here are some of the creatures I’ve seen.

Here’s to a loving and happy 2014!

And remember,