Here and there [photos]

Another big tour boat went through the train bridge the other morning:











Almost as much fun as watching boats go through a drawbridge, right?

I love watching this part of campus through the seasons. It puts on a good show for fall, and the shapes of the trunks and branches remain lovely in the snow in winter, too.



I finally finished and framed a bit of artwork for a project:


This will go to either myself or a team of four of my colleagues, depending on who manages to rack up the most points for sustainably commuting this October. It is going to be a close contest. It seems slightly gauche to display one's own artwork in one's office, but on the other hand, if I win I will absolutely display it just to encourage other campus community members to consider changing up their commute.

Errandonee [bicycling]

Today's Errandonee:

1. Brown Parcel Store to return an incorrect item from teh Amazonia.
2. Ocean! State! Job! Lots! to buy a zillion cookies for my office stockpile.
3. The Choppah (our nickname for Price Chopper) for large bricks of cheese.
4. Running shoe store to buy new running shoes for the first time in a decade. I don't really plan on doing much running but it seems wise to have shoes that aren't completely dead for the small amounts of running I do plan on doing.
5. To the mall to buy 300 crickets because our last cricket shipment was a bust (pet store at the mall).
6. To the lab/my office to drop off crickets and cookies.
7. Home.

A decent trip chaining sequence. The weather was fantastic.