Technically, it’s autumn here in the desert, so I’m still going to claim this goes with the current Thematic Photographic theme (click on banner at bottom to see more). But it sure didn’t look like it outside my window during 1st period today.
My car, right after lunch.
And this is what Mt. Olympus looked like as I was leaving around 3:30 this afternoon.
Welcome to autumn in the Rocky Mountains. Click on any picture to see it full sized.
After the volleyball game yesterday, some kids were in the hall running, jumping and pushing themselves off the walls. I told them to stop climbing the walls and one of the came back with:
“We’re not climbing the walls, we’re doing a science experiment on kinetic and potential energy.”
Nothing worse than a smart smartass.
The first school I was at, I was among the 2 goofiest people on the staff. Any practical joke was immediately met with “Oh, [insert my name and my cohort-in-crime’s name] are at it again.”.
The second school I went to, I found myself a big fish in a really big pond. Goofyness abounded and I had to work hard to keep my standing in the group. (Ok, not that hard. But I wasn’t always automatically blamed for everything.)
Flash forward to school number six and I may be a big fish in a small pond, but I’m not the only one. I got this delivered to my classroom third period:
Seems the P.E. teacher thinks that my classroom may, at some time, spontaneously become a vacuum. And this little bag would help?
In fourth period, the kids noticed it and one of them asked if he could have it. When I asked him why he told me “It would make a great pillow. You could sleep on it and since it’s clear the teacher would just think you’re looking at the book.”
I don’t think it would be that hard to notice, but it still made me laugh.
It’s definitely autumn here in Utah, for a second or two at least. We have a winter storm warning for the mountains this Thursday, but I took these pictures last weekend, when it was still quite warm.
What says autumn more than a nice, toasty warm campfire?
And the spray of boiling water and ash as we put it out.
Enjoy the warmth while we can.
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It was a beautiful weekend. The brothers and their families headed up to our property. The weather was perfect, warm during the day and just cool enough overnight.
The kids played on the hammock,
and in the dirt where they found a horny toad they named after me,
the dog took a power nap,
and the adults just sat around and talked. A great way to spend the weekend.
On the way home we decided to take the scenic route, Rt 35 through Tabiona rather than highway 40. The speeds are slower but you don’t see any big-rigs and fewer people hauling trailers. And you bypass the road construction on 40.
It probably took just about the same amount of time, despite running into a herd of sheep crossing the road,
and the scenery was great.
All in all, a good weekend.