In the Tank: It's a Girl! (I think..)

Well, ladies and gentlemen, just the other day I found a tiny little baby guppy in our fish tank.To keep it out of harms way we put it in a measuring cup that hangs into the water from the side of the tank. i haven't decided on a name for it yet... if you have any ideas, please comment!

I say and you think....

The first one I got off of a website and the second one I made up myself.

Hockey ::  game
Twirling :: skirt
Montreal ::alabama  
Better ::  good
New :: paper  
Rally :: cheerleaders 
Stanley :: higgins 
USB :: cable 
Scouted :: dog 
Cough :: hurt  

computer:: cord

banana:: bandana

lamp::bright

Mary::Poppins

understand::not really

write::poetry

dog::loyal

random::fun

From Kaki to Wacky!

 Ever since school ended I'v been in denial about wearing kaki. To tell you the truth, i don't want to see anything kaki for the rest of my life! So, my mom and I decided to do something about it! Yesterday we took a pair of kaki pants, put them in blue dye and miraculously changed them from kaki to wacky! Lol. I know its cheesy but whatever. Instead of using traditional tie-dye we did something called Low-water Immersion Dyeing. For a tutorial click here.

Also check out Dharma Trading Company for dyes, and all kinds of clothing to dye.

In the Fish Tank: New Residents!

(left to right)Jenna,Toni,Alexander,Eve

After the unfortunate death of my carnival gold fish my tank sat vacant. The friendly humming of the filter was gone, and no light fell through its glass walls. Until, that is, today. My neighbor generously offered to give me some of her guppies and now my tank has four beautiful residents. See picture above. I found a website with the most popular fish names on it, along with their meanings. Here is what i've decided to name them:

Alexander: meaning "defender of mankind," dark grey and white with bright orange fins and tail

Eve: meaning "life," dark grey and white with an orange tail that has dark specks on it

Toni:meaning "priceless," mostly white with iridescent specks and a double tail

Jenna:meaning "smooth and white,"all white

Even though I'm being very optimistic in this post, I know that fish keeping is hard. In the professional fish care world deaths are common place. Hopefully I will have better luck and these fish will live long and happy lives.  

 

Third comment on Shannon Hale's Blog!!

Hey everyone, this is just a short little new flash. I want you all to check out Shannon Hale's blog and read the comments because mine is the 3rd one! I'm so glad I finally commented soon enough to be the 3rd and not the 28th or something like I usually am. Also if you haven't read Shannon Hale's books, u need to. They are fantastic!

ps. You can find the link to her blog on my blog roll.

Go Green!

As most of you know, summer is just a few days away. If you want to do something special with your free time, why not try to save the planet? For most of us, going green means dong the little things: recycling, riding our bikes or the bus in stead of in our cars, using cloth grocery bags instead of plastic. Well, here's a bunch of links that will help you do more to help the environment-

TreeHugger

This site has a bunch of things to look at including games, quizzes, and information on how you can do your part!

Green Basics

This article will tell you everything you need to know about the green movement, from teaching you about locally grown foods to explaining how solar energy works.

How to go Green

This is a guide that will tell you how you can help the environment in every day situations.

Well, thats all for now. Enjoy saving the planet!

Poems

Here's a couple poems that I wrote at the spur of the moment not too long ago. Tell me what you think!

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Black and white

leading nowhere

we stand tall

stiff and erect

like statues

Shadow and light

moving in boxy patterns

chasing each other

but taking careful steps

Stencil

like the letters on a page

words almost unknown to us

and yet we follow blindly

A pool of Water

A pool of water

awakened by silence

Only to find a simple

bird flitting around its banks

and seeing a deer

goes back to sleep

to await spring