Tim A. Cummins @ 10:44 pm
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.
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Cleaned about 50 slides. The tiny covers are particularly challenging.
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I put little papers between each slide to keep them from scratching. That’s how they were packed originally in China.
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Delicious pizza Kathy and Jesse this evening. Avalanche!
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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!
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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.
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Tim A. Cummins @ 4:50 pm
Merry New Year! 2014—It’s got a nice ring to it!
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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.
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This is where I collected the sample from.
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Hiked up Stone Mountain. Always something cool to see.
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Tiny beauty.
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I like these horizontally growing trees. This is how it starts. Hardly any roots.
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And these roots.
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Sun kept trying to get through.
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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.
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Here’s to a loving and happy 2014!
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And remember,
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