The Albany Social Cycling Thursday Night Social Ride was a Pride Ride this week. Largest number of people yet - 34 of us!
We stopped for ice cream, and I handed out a whole bunch of ducks such that I now need to punch more ducks again.
My favorite part was that I brought along a mug and spoon, and they were willing to serve me my ice cream in my reuseable mug!
Colorful sunrise over Albany Friday morning, hastily photographed on my way to practice:
Later in the day: we are starting a foraging experiment with the leafcutter ants. Here we are testing out a paper marking method:
And the end of the day: I hosted a backyard movie night Friday night, where we watched this documentary:
Of course I would pick the weekend with the longest daylight hours for a backyard movie night using a projector. We managed to make things work by strategically positioning the EZ-up, which then came in handy when it started to sprinkle.
Overall, I'm really pleased with how the backyard movie night went. The film was very well-done and a good companion experience to reading Arshay Cooper's memoir. It is incredible to see what he is doing with his life, after his childhood on the West Side of Chicago.
Today, a treasure that our junior rowers found floating in the Hudson River:
I'm finally getting to use these Rapidograph pens from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bluepapercup's coworker! Of course the cats decided it was important to inspect my work:
The pens are exactly how I'd hoped they would be. After inspections, the cats settled down for naps, each on the most appropriately-hued blanket:
I'm glad we wound up having the movie night on Friday, as I'd originally been considering Saturday night as well. Today has been rainy and there's a thunderstorm in the forecast later on. A good day to tackle indoor projects and chores.
We stopped for ice cream, and I handed out a whole bunch of ducks such that I now need to punch more ducks again.
My favorite part was that I brought along a mug and spoon, and they were willing to serve me my ice cream in my reuseable mug!
Colorful sunrise over Albany Friday morning, hastily photographed on my way to practice:
Later in the day: we are starting a foraging experiment with the leafcutter ants. Here we are testing out a paper marking method:
And the end of the day: I hosted a backyard movie night Friday night, where we watched this documentary:
Of course I would pick the weekend with the longest daylight hours for a backyard movie night using a projector. We managed to make things work by strategically positioning the EZ-up, which then came in handy when it started to sprinkle.
Overall, I'm really pleased with how the backyard movie night went. The film was very well-done and a good companion experience to reading Arshay Cooper's memoir. It is incredible to see what he is doing with his life, after his childhood on the West Side of Chicago.
Today, a treasure that our junior rowers found floating in the Hudson River:
I'm finally getting to use these Rapidograph pens from
bluepapercup's coworker! Of course the cats decided it was important to inspect my work:The pens are exactly how I'd hoped they would be. After inspections, the cats settled down for naps, each on the most appropriately-hued blanket:
I'm glad we wound up having the movie night on Friday, as I'd originally been considering Saturday night as well. Today has been rainy and there's a thunderstorm in the forecast later on. A good day to tackle indoor projects and chores.
