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Worm farms and global domination

Post author By megan
Post date 18.10.2010
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So, initially I was planning to buy a worm farm so I could train my worms to help me take over the world. However, I feel that global domination has gotten kind of old in terms of life goals. Instead these worms are being trained for careers in merchant banking. It’s much more profitable and requires much less wear and tear on henchmen. A few are going to be dentists as well.

Here be worms (actual worm farm).

In return for the portions of vegetable matter and crushed egg shells I’m feeding them, and the tiny little worm suits I’ve been sewing, they will pay me dividends in the future (in real actual money).

Rampaging hoards of belligerent worms, largely working below the surface – worms wearing suits not pictured.

Why else would I have a worm farm?

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The Festival of Eagles

Every October there’s a Festival of Eagles in Canmore to celebrate the migration of the Golden Eagle through the valley. So yesterday there were hoards of people standing around with binoculars in the middle of town, apparently spotting eagles soaring by (I saw a paraglider and an aeroplane).

Easier to spot were the birds in the Birds of Prey Exhibit, courtesy of the Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation.

The Golden Eagle looked as if it was about to snap and kill someone

Great Horned Owl – was merely unimpressed

Burrowing Owl – would probably crawl up your trousers and devour your leg

My desires to go to Hogwarts have been re-awakened.

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The Moosling and the Monkey

Post author By megan
Post date 16.10.2010
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Preparing for Winter

Living in a valley has its perks – there are mountains everywhere for one. Unfortunately the mountains can block the sun pretty effectively though.

(click image to embiggen)

We’ve moved from living in a half-hour-of-direct-sunlight-per-day zone (where we were in a basement apartment to boot), to somewhere that won’t drop to less than four hours of direct sunlight, even in the dark depths of Winter. This should be an improvement.

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Sunset at Policeman’s Creek

Post author By megan
Post date 9.10.2010
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Downtown Canmore, the sun has disappeared behind Mount Rundle.

With bonus ducks (click to embiggen)