I am going to complain about complaining :o

  for several reasons i'm declaring a moritorium on complaining , here are some.

1. doesn't actualy fix anything

2. wastes enormous amounts of time and energy that could be better spent resolving or fixing the issue(s)

3. makes me feel like an enormous baby.

4. is contagious (like yawning)

5. can lead to a repeating cycle of  negativity

from now on there are problems and solutions and no useless exposition in between!

  A neotinic cave salamander :)

  I made this little beastie from scratch  , you can look at enlarged microscopic photos of Algae through a magnifier........................................... I will be adding more copper pipes just for fun.

 this is our new 40 inch display for our Salamander habitat video feed. it's a monster!

Classrooms had not been painted in over 7 years..we went with a wave motif this time around.

 This is a short crawl through cave accompanied by a mural that represents local geography and was rendered with a large amount of cutesy whimsy by two teenage artists..

The trees framing the mural were cut from plywood by yours truly and the other staff person who works here

 the cave itself is a soft sculpture piece wherein the three layers of strata that comprise a limestone aquifer are  in full effect.. weeeeee

 a close up of the tree detail

 I went to a Roda De Capoeira , I have not been to one since last year so naturaly I was a tad nervous. But It was a lot of fun and we had several groups represented and everyone played nice..even the Regional cats didn't spaz out..well except for one fellow who almost launched himself into the orchestra,since we had our backs right up against the wall it could have been ugly :).  Saw some old friends and shook some of the rust out of my game without going crazy..ok so I did managed to tag my friend Julie in the forehead but it wasn't a hard kick so no majar damage.

 I continue to suck at singing, mostly because I suck even more singing in public which is of course required if you play Capoeira..oh well. If I could only relax!