Last of the Cape Cod Photos

Friends C.P., Jimmy, Jim, and Pete joined us at the end of our Cape Cod stay.  We did things with them.  The end of the Cape Cod photos.

Goofing around in Wellfleet and revisiting Great Island Beach (should look familiar) with C.P. and Jimmy and relaxing afterward on the deck with all: http://gallery.me.com/wedaman1#100668

Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor’s Center, First Encounter Beach, and splashing in the vigorous Atlantic surf on White Crest beach: http://gallery.me.com/wedaman1#100678

Something Interesting Over There.

Passover Pictures and Videos

Pictures and video from our Passover Seder in Shutesbury, MA, which was near a farm, conveniently combined for you into one post.  The pictures we’ve already posted but the video is brand new.

• Pictures:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/35697021@N06/sets/72157616889820575/show/
• Video Montage of Seder Dinner:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWJgRn_FkFA
• Video of visit to nearby, “Seder” Farm:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frOc2HOVmcU

Pre-Seder Driveway Activity

Easter Pictures

For your viewing pleasure, a photo slideshow including pictures from an Easter Sunday Easter egg hunt:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35697021@N06/sets/72157616978733668/show/

Pretty Flowers

Pi Day Podcast

Well it’s Pi Day (3.14) and in honor of that we created the podcast below, which is rather long.  In this early morning creation we discuss a pending visit from Tien and Kien, Isaac’s new friend Oakes, Leah’s new friend, a balloon, and that’s about it.

http://web.me.com/wedaman1/62grozier_Podcasts/Media/62grozier55.m4a

Isaac at Tot Shabbat. That's Oakes in Yellow.

NERCOMP 2009

Meadowmen made a family trip to the Northeast Regional Computing Program Annual Conference March 9 – 11 in Providence, MA.  David presented “The Future of the Library: Library Construction Kit” with David Lewis of I.U.P.U.I. on Monday afternoon, and lead a team of conference Tweeps (people who reported on the conference virtually via the application Twitter).  Sarah and the next generation played in and around hotels and visited the conference proceedings once or twice.

Keynotes were John Maeda of Rhode Island School of Design and Morris Beverage of Lakeland Community College.

A smattering of pictures from hotel, conference, adjacent fancy mall:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35697021@N06/sets/72157615049763597/show/

A video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlVnDtYlK_4

See the tens of pages of conference Tweets: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23nc09

Leah with her Papa's conference badge and ribbons

Fake Rock Update

Hi all,

We made an excursion this, the warmest morning of the calendar year, to the famous “Fake Rock” of Mt. Auburn, Cambridge, MA.  In particular to see what was under it.  We apologize that we have no photos or videos, as all our cameras had depleted batteries.  But we did look under, and we saw some pipes and a spigot.  Leah and Isaac try to describe the experience in the very short video below.  But really how can you put this kind of event into words?

http://www.archive.org/details/IsaacAndLeahDiscussFakeRock

For the record, post-rock itinerary also include:

1. Ate some fruit at the Mt. Auburn Hospital Cafeteria, adjacent to Fake Rock.
2. Rode the 73 Bus past the Fake Rock to Belmont Kidspace, where we discovered we would be helping open up.
3. Played with Isaac’s new friend Ethan.
4. Walked to Cushing Square, Belmont, ate a doughnut in a bakery and lunch at Restaurant on Common.
5. Rode the 73 Bus back to the Fake Rock, looked under it again, and went home.
6. Planted acorns in a flower pot of dirt.

Mt. Auburn Hospital has a Cafeteria

Nightwolf Podcast

As you may know, March 5 is the birthday of the Nightwolf, known as the Foodwolf in Canada.  We will be celebrating his birthday by providing him food and drink and asking him questions via a written note, as is tradition.  For more information, listen to the Nightwolf Podcast, 62grozier episode #53 (out of sequence).

http://web.me.com/wedaman1/62grozier_Podcasts/Media/62grozier53.m4a

Some related quotes.  Answers to the question “What do you want to tell the Nightwolf?”

• Leah: I am giving you out some boiled peanuts and beer.
• Isaac: Monster trucks drive on dirt.

The eyes of the Nightwolf. Looking for Boiled Peanuts.

Welsh Hymns in Salem

In honor of Saint David’s Day, we visited Salem, MA, and listened to a choir sing hymns in Welsh four-part harmony with Julie Silver and her children David and Teddy.   FYI Welsh sacred choral singing festivals are called Gymanfa Ganu and go back a long ways, even further back than How Green Was my Valley.  A two-minute video recap of our trip:

http://ia331421.us.archive.org/0/items/WelshHymnsSalem/medium.m4v

Note: we got there early so we ate a pizza and went back later.

Think about the Witch City while you have a cup of coffee.

Ice Show Video

Meadow Men visited Disney on Ice on Valentine’s Day.  We didn’t want to film the copyrighted contents of the show, but here we are before and during the intermission in our seats in undersold T.D. Banknorth Garden.

http://www.archive.org/details/IceShow

Isaac’s Big Boy Podcast

In this podcast hot off the presses, Isaac discusses his big boy, who we learn is named Motorcycle Octopus Smoketack.  And there is a word or two said about Valentine’s Day.

http://web.me.com/wedaman1/62grozier_Podcasts/Media/62grozier50.m4a

 

It's a jungle out there.