Monthly Archives: August 2024

Family Adventures, Photo-A-Day

Visit to Mystic Aquarium …

at mystic aquarium
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Today we took a drive down to Mystic Aquarium for a last family adventure of the Summer. Allison starts work on Monday and Eva goes back a couple of times during next week. Andy still has a whole week of Summer break before they go back. So, today was the best day for us to go to the aquarium.

We borrowed our friend Preston’s Feinstein card. Andy had one but I accidentally tossed it away when cleaning out my wallet. Andy will get a new one next month. With that card families get a free child and adult admission to the Mystic Aquarium. We hadn’t been there in several years. It was the kids’ idea to go to an aquarium. We had a nice time and spent a peaceful walk through the facility and checked out all the exhibits.

Andy loved seeing all the animals through the looking bubbles because it distorted them. Both kids loved the beluga whales and also the penguins. We even watched the sea lion show. It was definitely geared to little kids but it was fun to watch, too.

When we were done with the aquarium we went over to Dogwatch for lunch. Allison had been there on a previous visit to Mystic and she enjoyed it so shared it with us. We had a nice meal there and then headed home so that I could get some sleep before work.

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Glowing Filament …

glowing filament
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With the Summer coming to an end it is getting to be time to start 3D printing again. I shy away from printing in the Summer because using the printer makes my office so hot and that is much more conducive to the Winter. Plus it has been humid and printing in humidity doesn’t work as well. So, I found some glowing filament and I’ll be using it to make some items soon. I also picked up some Purple and Black filament that will arrive later in the week.

This morning Andy and I had dentist appointments for fillings. I had one replaced and a new one. Andy had a new one. I had a lot of novocaine and it was so much that I was numb for hours afterwards. My tongue was half numb even as I went to bed.