Who ate all the .. planets?

Sorry, it had to be done...

"A group of oddly bloated stars may have grown fat

by eating their own planets in a feeding frenzy."

New Scientist, Feb 2011

Whimsical Wednesday

After a night on the

Champagne,

Edward wished everything

didn't look so

BRIGHT...

Whimsical Wednesday

Random picture

Harry couldn't decide

whether to play with his

new bull-fighting cape

or his lassoo.

Either way, he was

gonna look mean!

Whimsical Wednesday

The Paddle-Duck

Is rather confused.

He flaps like a flat-fish,

And catches newts.

And turns up his beak

At anyone who laughs at him.

Whimsical Wednesday

Mimosa

Mimosa Moose (her parents had high hopes)

Watched shyly from behind a tree.

Hoping he would see her,

But desperately not wanting to be noticed.

Whimsical Wednesday

Pamplemoose

for Whimsical Wednesday

Pedro the Pamplemoose

Pampers himself

While dreaming of

Grapefruit*

*Pamplemousse = Grapefruit in French

Sending things packing

I am in that annoying period where I want to finish packing my bag for my trip, but I can't because I'm still using things.   I sent a few things up by post to Mr H, like shoes and thick fleeces and big pots of body moisturiser, because I'm only taking a carry-on bag (budget flying!) and that is my laptop rucksack now I am taking my work laptop with me. 

I'm working out how much I can wear for the flight, and reckon I can manage my furry gilet and my down jacket (no way I'm going without that); and of course my furry boots.  Here is a picture I drew for Mr H so he knows what to expect..

That should pretty much guarantee that Western Scotland enjoys an unseasonable heatwave in mid-November....

Insiders

I have been reading about neurons and the central nervous system as part of my studies, in the biological psychology section.    I never took much interest in biology when I was at school but now I find such information interesting; and when studying psychology it is nice to have some black and white facts for a change, instead of the constant greyness of psychological theories.

Neurons are information processors, the little fellas who get notifications about pain and other tactile happenings to the brain and then back to the muscles for action. I think they are pretty cool.   It got me thinking about how my neurons had been affected by the crash and the fact that the shock means you don't feel the pain straight away.

This is what I think the neurons in my leg were saying:

Click to enlarge

Just because

On the subject of books, I just came across this little sketch I did back in August; books and other bits and pieces piled on top of my art trunk (which contains canvases and lots of things I thought at some point might 'come in useful').  Thought you might like it.

I have officially moved upstairs now, and after my friend comes over to help me with the sofa-bed tomorrow evening, I will be able to transfer Base Camp back into to a sitting room again.   That feels like a huge step.   However in the meantime I'm struggling to find homes for all those little things I gathered and kept around me during the last 4 months of sleeping in here - some of them might end up in a 'miscellaneous' box until I get sorted out.

My neighbour from across the road came across earlier and I saw her coming, so opened the door to catch her, she was just dropping off a leaflet to say they are having a fireworks party this evening, advance warning for those with pets; they are very considerate like that. Of course we chatted a bit about how I'm getting on, and she invited me over for a drink to see the show, so who knows I might just go!

I hope you've all had a good weekend, I'm back to my books for another hour or so to study neurons and hormone and chromosomes...  it's a good chapter because there are lots of pictures, which reduces the number of words ;-)

"Nurse!!"

My friend is going in for key-hole surgery on his knee next week, redoing a previous op that didn't work, and he's not looking forward to it.  So I thought I'd make him a little card to cheer him up and this is what I came up with....