My weekend and moar!
Jun. 8th, 2009 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderwomanOkay! This post is going to be text light and photo heavy... because I am lazy and I just want to get it done already! Okay! Here goes!
So Friday I came home, and since I didn't have enough laundry to bother going to the laundromat, I chilled for a bit, made myself some sweet and sour chicken balls and shrimp, and some salad for supper. Then I biked out to Dow's Lake and sat around for wee bit, admiring the water and the birds. I wrote a wee poem in my new notebook too, which you can find here.
On Saturday I met up with my friends Tina and Dustin, and we walked off to the Art in the Park, or as they called it this year, The New Art Festival. It was very hoity toity, and everything cost ridiculously too much, although some of the stuff was pretty nice. Oh... and on the walk over... we saw this amazing truck... I wish they made men like they used to make trucks!
These made me laugh... little leather holsters for inhalers!
The guy carved this with a chainsaw!
If I had had the $200 to spare, I would have taken this home!
Metal Moose!
So yeah, that was the outdoor art show... after that I parted with Tina and Dustin. I did some groceries, because it was just so beautiful out and it was an excuse to go out walking. Then I went biking again, back out to Dow's Lake and up the Rideau Canal to a set of locks. It was absolutely beautiful that evening, and I got some amazing photos.
So yes! That was Saturday! And then yesterday we (Tina, Dustin and I) went to this open house thing in one of the Agricultural buildings and looked at some of their framed bug collection. That's where I got to hold the Rose Hair tarantula. I was a little upset though, because the man handling her and letting people hold her had no idea what species she was or anything about them at all!
I spotted it, and knew instantly that it was a Grammostola Rosea (one of my Thor's cousins actually) and asked him, just to be certain, and the guy said he didn't know. Then he said it was a 2 years old female, and she would live another 2-3 years. Bull shit. G. rosea females can live up to 30 years! I've seen females of the species older than I am! And when another woman asked him if they were very quick, he again said he didn't know. I really don't think this man should have been in charge of that tarantula. He was indangering it, letting children hold it over the floor. Had it fallen, it would almost certainly have died a horrible death. I was not pleased by that. People are just not responsible, and don't seem to care about the animals under their care.
Anyway, that's my little spider rant.
I went biking again last evening. And stopped to pet some little baby goslings on the side of the bike path.
And yes... that was my weekend. In biiiig picture style. I went biking again today, but it wasn't as nice out. Cloudy and windy and a little chill. But eh. I'm happy because my buddy Jesse says he'll be going to Motion Notion now, so I'll get to see him there! For a while it looked like he wasn't going.
Anyhow... I should get to bed and whatnot... work in the morning and all that.
Oh but before I go... a friend of mine just re-opened a new account on Deviant Art, and I really think you should check his stuff out! He used to go by the name kombat-unit there, but now is known as torture-device. He does some really awesome if somewhat disturbing artwork. Certainly something to check out if you don't mind blood and guts and the occasional swastika.
Cheers!
So Friday I came home, and since I didn't have enough laundry to bother going to the laundromat, I chilled for a bit, made myself some sweet and sour chicken balls and shrimp, and some salad for supper. Then I biked out to Dow's Lake and sat around for wee bit, admiring the water and the birds. I wrote a wee poem in my new notebook too, which you can find here.
On Saturday I met up with my friends Tina and Dustin, and we walked off to the Art in the Park, or as they called it this year, The New Art Festival. It was very hoity toity, and everything cost ridiculously too much, although some of the stuff was pretty nice. Oh... and on the walk over... we saw this amazing truck... I wish they made men like they used to make trucks!
Isn't it gorgeous?!
And here with Dustin's Low Rider bike... beautiful truck!
Awesome metal fishy!
These made me laugh... little leather holsters for inhalers!
The guy carved this with a chainsaw!
If I had had the $200 to spare, I would have taken this home!
Metal Moose!
Looks like I'm standing on the water doesn't it?
I was actually standing on this tree!
See? Haha... I kept worrying I would fall in XD
And then I came upon the locks!
Hurr, mah foot! I was surprised they let us so close to the edge unsupervised.
Doesn't look it, but that's a good 15 foot drop into the water below.
Crossing one of the lock gates... see the different water levels?
And the view from on it.
And the beautiful view of the canal on the lowest gate on the way back home...
I was actually standing on this tree!
See? Haha... I kept worrying I would fall in XD
And then I came upon the locks!
Hurr, mah foot! I was surprised they let us so close to the edge unsupervised.
Doesn't look it, but that's a good 15 foot drop into the water below.
Crossing one of the lock gates... see the different water levels?
And the view from on it.
And the beautiful view of the canal on the lowest gate on the way back home...
So yes! That was Saturday! And then yesterday we (Tina, Dustin and I) went to this open house thing in one of the Agricultural buildings and looked at some of their framed bug collection. That's where I got to hold the Rose Hair tarantula. I was a little upset though, because the man handling her and letting people hold her had no idea what species she was or anything about them at all!
I spotted it, and knew instantly that it was a Grammostola Rosea (one of my Thor's cousins actually) and asked him, just to be certain, and the guy said he didn't know. Then he said it was a 2 years old female, and she would live another 2-3 years. Bull shit. G. rosea females can live up to 30 years! I've seen females of the species older than I am! And when another woman asked him if they were very quick, he again said he didn't know. I really don't think this man should have been in charge of that tarantula. He was indangering it, letting children hold it over the floor. Had it fallen, it would almost certainly have died a horrible death. I was not pleased by that. People are just not responsible, and don't seem to care about the animals under their care.
Anyway, that's my little spider rant.
I went biking again last evening. And stopped to pet some little baby goslings on the side of the bike path.
Aw, aren't they cute? Getting their adult plumage soon.
Aaand a video of me being a total dork with said goslings... hah!
And yes... that was my weekend. In biiiig picture style. I went biking again today, but it wasn't as nice out. Cloudy and windy and a little chill. But eh. I'm happy because my buddy Jesse says he'll be going to Motion Notion now, so I'll get to see him there! For a while it looked like he wasn't going.
Anyhow... I should get to bed and whatnot... work in the morning and all that.
Oh but before I go... a friend of mine just re-opened a new account on Deviant Art, and I really think you should check his stuff out! He used to go by the name kombat-unit there, but now is known as torture-device. He does some really awesome if somewhat disturbing artwork. Certainly something to check out if you don't mind blood and guts and the occasional swastika.
Cheers!
