No regular post today as I’m dealing with kitty issues, but look! Adorable zoo babies! Scroll down for more snow leopard wonderfulness at our own Woodland Park Zoo!
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Online puzzles from Puzzlewright
Puzzlewright Press, an imprint of Sterling, has a free puzzle every day - be sure to click the Archive button on the right of that page for puzzles from the last two months.
Caterpillar watch 2009, 4th installment!
My cocoon-ensconced caterpillar still looks exactly the same, so I won’t bore you with another picture of him. In my search to identify him (I still haven’t found a picture that looks exactly right yet) I’ve learned some fascinating caterpillar facts. Did you know they make their cocoons from their own hair? So you still [...]
Caterpillar watch 2009!
Yesterday the caterpillar left the stick and went under the leaves. By evening, it had started making a cocoon - I could never catch it in the act, when I disturbed it at all, it got vewy vewy quiet. But this morning it was finished. It looks like a strange little needle-felted bead. I’ll post [...]
First caterpillar update
Day two of Caterpillar in Captivity! I found some clover this morning, but when I checked on the caterpillar, it was clinging to the underside of the grape stem and not moving. You can see a bit of webby stuff on the stick - I’m hoping it’s beginning to make a cocoon and the issue [...]
Caterpillar identification?
Any entomologists out there? I found this guy this afternoon - I’d love to know what he is, so I can keep him inside and we can watch him change. I found him under the edge of a porch step, not on any plants, so I have no idea what to feed him to keep [...]
Structure of the sun papercraft
Canon has a bunch of wonderful free papercraft downloads - I really like this science-y one that depicts the structure of the sun. They also have a model of the moon.
Also posted in Craft, Edupunk, Kids Tagged crafts, Free stuff, Kids, learning, making things, papercraft 2 Comments
How Much Do Eggs Cost?
(My friend Erika is guest blogging today. She’s a freelance writer living near Deception Pass in Washington State. She writes about knitting, chickens, and knitting for chickens at her blog, Redshirt Knitting.)
I recently bought into the city chicken craze and purchased four baby chicks. Out of curiosity last weekend, I did some online research [...]
Also posted in DIY, Food and cooking Tagged chickens, cooking ahead, food, growing, peeps 23 Comments
Papercraft popup spinner
I really like playing with papercraft - it doesn’t cost much to make projects, and they can be incredibly complex and interesting. Paper Forest posted about this wonderful spinning star - I’ve watched this video over and over, trying to figure out the movement and why it’s so elegant. They say the original design is [...]
A recession without teh cute is not a recession worth having
Bonus Sunday cuteness (turn on your sound). (via Anton Olsen)