Nearing the Finish Line

MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED: Today was Day 5 of the Great House Painting Project.
Since Sunday, I've been working away at it, and by this morning, I was down to second-coating some trim, doing a few touch ups, and installing one finishing touch, new house numbers.

I picked some 'floating' (mounted out, away from the fascia board) digits, in mid-century modern font, since this house, 'born' in 1962, is definitely MCM vintage.

*Do* note how my ladder is tied off for safety. *Do not* look at the semi-precarious blocking beneath it. ;)

Have I mentioned that the dogs are *not* enjoying painting the house. They don't understand all the commotion, why I'm outside 12 hours a day, why they can't be on the ladder, any of it. ... Maybe it's especially confounding to them because dogs are supposedly color blind?

I've tried to keep them outside with me a fair amount of the time. It has been hot, so most of the time, they lounge in the shade, alternatively barking or whining, while I work. 

Below, Kirby embraces her inner mountain goat - and waits for our neighbor's dog to come out to the fence line, just uphill from her.

STEMonstrations: Did you know there's an educator orbiting Earth right now? Yup, that would be NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold. The former middle school teacher is a mission specialist on board the International Space Station, and is participating in A Year of Education on Station, a celebration of a yearlong educator presence on the ISS.

Today, I watched a quick video "STEMonstration," Surface Tension in Space. 

In it, Arnold explains that more than 70 percent of our planet is covered by water, which is is crucial for life, of course. In addition, water has many unique properties, one of which is  surface tension. Arnold demonstrates how surface tension works a lot differently in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station as compared to down on Earth.

When the kids get home (later today), I will share the video with them, of course. Oh, and it's more than a video: NASA has also posted coinciding classroom connections on  https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrations.
https://youtu.be/34bFgA3H3hQ