Watch & Listen: The Power of Quiet

Why my spouse and I make a good team (she the extrovert, I the introvert):



via Brain Pickings

Pumpkins

Green

"Papa, I need to go pee!"

"Then go."

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"The water in the toilet is blue."

"Ohh-kaay."

Upstairs I went to find the younger Sprout doing a pee dance in the hallway. I hurried into the washroom where the water in the toilet was definitely blue. My spouse had used a blue coloured cleaner in the toilet and left it so that the cleaning agents could do their work. I found the toilet brush and quickly scrubbed the toilet.

"Don't flush the blue water!" Josiah exclaimed, still dancing.

"Why not?"

"I want to try a science experiment."

"Ohh-kaay. What experiment?"

"I want to see if it turns green."

(I'll let you figure that out on your own.)

Orange

Nikon D7000, 1/320, f/8.0, 105 mm, ISO 400

To get this shot I needed:

1 Small glass aquarium
1 Sliced orange
1 Handle from a flyswatter
1 Green piece of paper
1 Clothespin
2 Bottles of carbonated water
1 Camera with macro lens on a tripod
Available light (shot outside on a cloudy day)
Post processing in Lightroom 4
Lots and lots of patience

Watch: "100"

This video post is for my dad, the Sprouts' Opa (Dutch for grandpa), who reads this blog faithfully.

More about the video here.

via The Kid Should See This

Watch & Listen, Dance & Sing: "What I Am"

Some musical encouragement for the kids (and those who are kids at heart) in my life:

Emily