Massachusetts Cousins Invade Cambridge

We received a wonderful visit, yesterday and today (Pi Day & Ides of March, FYI), from our Holyoke, MA, kin: Sarah, Lesley, Kien, and Tien.  Pictures are ready now; videos to follow as time allows (some filmed by Kien, Tien, and Leah).

Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35697021@N06/sets/72157615253193899/show/

Itinerary:

1. House-based amusements
2. Trip by bus and subway to Alewife T Station / Parking Garage
3. Walk on Minuteman Bicycle Path
4. Early dinner at Jasper White’s Summer Shack
5. Bad movie: Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural
6. Sleep
7. Tricycle play in park
8. Muffins, etc., from Darwin’s Ltd., Harvard Square
9. Creation of Facebook and Twitter accounts for Sarah Frances
10. Brunch at Full Moon Child-Friendly Restaurant
11. Tricycle play in park
12. Cousins leave, sigh of sadness.

Aunties Sarah and Lesley in the Parlor

Saturday Morning Video Diaries

We’re going to Salem later today to hear Welsh hymns in honor of St. David’s Day (tomorrow).  But before we go, two video diaries.

1. Isaac “talks” about his Monster Truck, Leah and Papa play in the background, short:

   http://ia331432.us.archive.org/3/items/IsaacandMonsterTruck/Movie4_512kb.mp4

2. Leah “reads” you a book or two, rather long:
   http://ia331419.us.archive.org/2/items/Leahreadsbooks/Movie3.mov
3. This one is from two days ago.  Not as interesting, but has a thing about a dragon in it.
   http://ia331430.us.archive.org/1/items/videodiary2/Movie1_512kb.mp4

People in the Fish Tank. That's Auntie C.P. in the back.

Reading in the Big Green Chair

Latest video from the archive.  Here we are in May 2008 reading the book “David Goes to School.”  We offer two hosted locations of the same original file.  Compare the experience and tell us what you think!

The YouTube Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f1kLtm1B0I

The Archive.Org Version: http://ia331435.us.archive.org/3/items/ReadingMay2008/medium.m4v

The Book We're Reading

Trip to MIT

Today Men of the Meadow went on a day trip to MIT.  Follow along in pictures.  Key stages of the trip:

1. Bus stop & Bus to Harvard Sq.
2. Guy playing banjo
3. Falafel Truck, not open.
4. Sculpture
5. Guys playing banjo in picture
6. Library
7. Sculpture
8. Picture of Noam Chomsky
9. Famous hallways
10. Jumping on the front steps
11. lunch
12. Running
13. Jumping on the back steps
14. Bus ride
15. Harvard Yard
16. Bus ride

I on the I of MIT

Faculty and Staff Art Show

Cuts of Beef makes it into the Brandeis Faculty and Staff Art Show.

http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2009/february/justartsvideo.html

Cuts of Beef

Patrick Stewart’s Canterville Ghost = Sad Face

Men of the Meadow recently watched Patrick Stewart’s mid-90s film adaptation of Wilde’s short story The Canterville Ghost.  We didn’t like it.  Neve Campbell is in it, too.  It drove us to read the original story to see just what remained of the author’s creation.

Pac-Man and Canterville Ghosts?

Mater Found

Lost for almost 1 year, our DVD of Cars was rediscovered today, which means we are now able again to watch the Mater and the Ghost Light bonus feature, which fits into our study of all things Ghost.

Moon Gazing

Men of the Meadow are playing with trains at the local toy store having just feasted our eyes on the full moon rising up in the cold clear Drcember sky. This moon is known as the Cold or Long Nights moon, by the way.

Do a google search on “moon names” and pick the entry from the Farmer’s Almanac for more interesting moon names.

FYI Our calculations reveal the next blue moon will be December 31, 2009. I predict some related buzz or cult activity linked to ambiguous Bible or Nostradamus passages.

Moon