Microscope Fun

By Lynn, on January 15th, 2008%

So tonight we did like most families in the USA do (I’m sure) and gathered around the microscope for clean, family fun!  I won’t tell you what all was donated to put under the lens, but some of the donations, once magnified, did cause mouths to fall open…

and eyes to pop…

Someone (it might have been me) suggested we go out with the flashlight and get a plastic spoonful of dirt from the compost.  We put it on the glass slide and WHOA, there were little white creatures that could crawl and jump.  Really jump.  They looked to the naked eye like pieces of dandruff, but under the microscope, they looked like this:

Needless to say, we all panicked and rushed the compost dirt back outside, but I think tomorrow we’ll have to get brave and bring the dirt in again and take another look.

Lynn

PS – Thanks to Steve Hopkin for the awesome collembola picture.

2 comments   Homeschooling, Unschooling

Me, Hungry?

By Lynn, on January 15th, 2008%

YES.  And my food — a toasted cheese sandwich, pickles, chips, and ginger brew — is sitting close by, but I cannot eat right now. 

 

My mouth is totally numb on one side.  (Michele, this must be the week for dental visits!)  I thought that maybe the anesthetic had worn off enough for me to eat, but I tried, and no.  No way.  I might bite the side of my tongue off.  Or choke. 

So here I am, looking at my plate of food and blogging.

If you have not seen these, you might be interested in one:

There are new reusable grocery bags at Whole Foods and they are SO cute.  They are only $1.99 apiece.  I got the “sacko potatoes” bag, but there are other, even cuter designs.  I got this one before I saw the others, but this one’s cute enough (as if grocery bags need to be cute… but they do).  And the price puts them in my budget.

Lynn

5 comments   Cooking and Food, Shopping