Monday Musings

TRANSITION:  See the little pink balls above? They're salmon eggs. And many of them have progressed into their next iteration, alevin, which are now living off their yolk sacs. Pretty cool.

Annabelle was noting that some eggs haven't hatched. I told her that some of the eggs never will hatch. That's nature, often cruel. 

TROOPER:  So, I'm down to crying about David Bowie's final act about twice a day now. Not bad, I think. 

We were in Joann Fabric this afternoon to get a couple of things for the play CJ's in later this week and Annabelle spied this ... Ziggy Stardust Stormtrooper!!!

How fabulous! And obviously the packaging was done before David Bowie's demise on Jan. 10. Love that whoever put this package together did it for love of Ziggy Stardust, not for trying to capitalize on recent events.

COUNTDOWN'S ON:  We have made 200 spanikopita. We have 100 to go. Just thought you'd want to know that.

SKETCHBOOK: I flipped through some of Annabelle's sketches this afternoon. What a fun, mixed bag. This is a sketch of the main character in "A Single Shard" catching a boat ride. 

 And this one is Annabelle's newest Dungeons and Dragons character.

IN REVIEW: CJ and Annabelle attended their first hockey game yesterday. They offer this up as a review. 

Annabelle first: ...

When I went to the Silvertips game, it surprised me how fast the game was played. The players- and the referees- both glided across the ice without much effort. I also learned that hockey is played in 3 periods, with a 3-on-3 sudden death if there’s a tie by the end of the 3^rd, which is how the ‘Tips won. The hockey game was very fun to watch, and I would love to go again!

And here's CJ's take ...

Yesterday, we went to a minor league hockey game with the Everett Silvertips and the Saskatoon Blades. The game was my first hockey game, and we were lucky enough to get a free food ticket* for every person in our group (6 people).

Hockey is a sport played on ice, where the objective is to get a small disc called the "puck" into the opposite team's goal. In the end, the Silvertips one with 2 to 1. In the game, several players hit the wall, and it made a very loud sound when it did. There was also a fight, and at one point, there was blood on the ice (not a result of the fight). There was also a vehicle called a "Zamboni" that would smooth the ice by putting water over it, then immediately freezing it.

*specifically, it offered a free hot dog and soda of your choice.

The game was big fun, and we're looking forward to more hockey in our future.