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Little Dude's birthday party: First there was the runnin'-up-and-down-the-aisles-and-through-the-lobby portion, for which he got special dispensation from Mike and Sandijean, then the gift-opening (of which we have video but no stills :/ ), then we got to watch one of his gifts ( Despicable Me ) on the big-screen, then cake and stuff, then people left, but we and the Booths and the McLaughlin-Fusons (other than Andrew who was sick as a dog, poor guy, and Mike who went to take care of him; we appreciate their having been there at all) got to hang out and throw paper airplanes off the balcony and chat a while, the parts you see here. According to our newly-nine-year-old, it was his 'best birthday party ever', and many thanks to all our favorite Valiens for makin' it so. :) Hallowe'en at the Bridgepoint Church parking lot carnival. We ran into some Creeker folks and one of Dude's former co-workers from Micron, a gentleman of whom ...

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Setup and shooting   Red carpet treatment! (Phillip there on the left was our esteemed director, and did a fantastic job.) Paparazzi :) Sandijean's family, love them All producers and volunteers Winning filmmakers Horsin' around on the step'n'repeat :)

An interesting thing about these caddisfly larvae, which are the black and white bits clinging to the wood here: Those whose portable 'houses' are made of bits of wood and leaf debris (the black ones) are hanging mostly on the downstream side, and those of the larvae on the upstream side are mostly made of grains of sand.  Our original terrarium. The paludarium, first arrangement: You can see two Pacific chorus frogs (erstwhile known as Pacific tree frogs) and a leopard slug on the large branch, and another frog sitting on top of a tiger swallowtail butterfly (too big for these guys and gals to eat, even with their ability to 'stretch to fit' food bigger than they are) between the two rocks in the center.  Thanks to Big Dude for bein' behind the camera that day and capturing some fun shots. :) The paludarium, current arrangement: Leopard slugs are unique in their mating habit, suspending themselves, after a courtship of c...

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