Bug's Eye View: March 2014

Sunday, March 30, 2014

2014 Project 365 – Week Thirteen

I’m just not even going to mention that it snowed yesterday. Well, yes I am because Dr. M took a picture – ha!

Sunday, March 23^rd

Some of my snacks for Monday’s lunch.

Monday, March 24^th

Pinky the pet geranium is so ready to go outside…

Tuesday, March 25^th

Ohio in March.

Wednesday, March 26^th

I worked from home today & had some issues with the headset – the side without the earpiece kept getting caught in my hair. How do people wear these every day?

Thursday, March 27^th

Dr. M has had the best time playing with his siege towers! He also had to have the Mike the Knight bath toy.

Friday, March 28^th

I finished the puzzle this week. I probably won’t do one again anytime soon. I couldn’t just work it during my lunch hour – I started taking “smoke breaks” (I don’t smoke) & setting a timer for 10 minutes in the mornings & afternoons & then ignoring the timer… It was like some sort of addiction. I’m glad it’s finished!

Saturday, March 29^th

Dr. M decided to make a torsion catapult to show the difference between it and his trebuchet. This is not even close to the last iteration of it (well, it looks the same, minus the spoon – he mostly changed the type of rope he used). Maybe next week we’ll have a video of how this works.

And yes, it snowed. Sigh.

Have a great week!

Most of our photos are taken with a 12 megapixel Nikon D5000 DSLR, using a 55-200mm zoom lens. This is the camera that Dr. M takes with him most days. He also takes pictures with our old reliable 7 megapixel Canon Powershot A710. The Bug uses our new Nikon Coolpix S6200 most of the time. If you’re interested in which camera was used for a particular shot, just ask!

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Throwback Thursday

This is a different kind of Throwback Thursday - it mostly just involves the throwing part.

As you know, one of Dr. M's students made a trebuchet for him. This inspired him to launch (heh) a new tradition at his school - Medieval Mondays! Here's their flier (this & all the picture captions were written by Dr. M):

First Annual Medieval Monday

March 31, 1-3pm

Swedenborg Memorial Library

Come one, come all

To the Library mall

For a Medieval time

(We can all speak in rhyme)

No jousting, alack

Nor mead in a sack

Just casual play

With a real trebuchet!

Siege towers and knights

Will enter our sights

Projectiles we’ll fling

Bawdy songs we will sing

We’ll have a great time

It won’t cost a dime

So come on and come all

To the Library mall!

Sponsored by the Order of the Lance History Club and the dedicated students of Medieval European History

We tried it out today, with limited success.

This day we stood atop the ramparts of Acre and watched as the Kings rallied their knights and brought forth terrible siege towers... King Richard's tower was to our left, with the valiant king out front, scouting for a smooth path over the rough plain.

As we commenced fire, we wondered what manner of beast that might be atop King Phillip's tower!

Alas, it was as if it possessed some power to ward off shots that appeared to be destined to unseat it!

How can this shot have missed? How, but for some great magic spewed forth by yon beast!

By this time, we had exhausted all but a few pink stones (pink tennis balls), imbued though they were with the magic of "Hope"

It was then that our fortunes turned! The pink stone smote the very top of Richard's tower, breaking it's canopy asunder and toppling the cursed war machine itself!

As a haze settled over the field, Richard and Phillip withdrew, along with their remaining tower and its fell beast. The sun sets, and our banner yet flies over Acre!

And now just for fun - a video where we laugh maniacally.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Wordless Wednesday - the Oh Well Edition

Sunday, March 23, 2014

2014 Project 365 – Week Twelve

Apparently it’s now spring. And it did feel like it was getting warmer, so I switched to a shoulder bag (I don’t bother in the winter because they won’t stay on my shoulder). And now it’s 34 degrees. Sigh. March March March Ms. Bug – it’s MARCH!

Sunday, March 16^th

The moon!

Monday, March 17^th

If I stay really still I’ll bet he can’t see me.

One of Dr. M’s students made him a trebuchet! He’s had the most fun with it.

Tuesday, March 18^th

The Junkyard Buck & his harem.

Geese on a dam.

I filled this out with so much hope in my heart. Look at the two teams I have listed in the final game. As you might imagine I no longer have any hope (well, about the NCAA basketball tournament – I have plenty of hope for other things!).