Watermelon

There was watermelon at 'play date' today. Apparently, the boy ate half his body weight in melon.

Memorial Day and the Pool is Open for Business...

Frogger...

Seamus makes one of his favorite toys pay...

New Belgium Brewery

Toured another awesome plant research facility today, but was not allowed to take pictures. All I can tell you is that the future of agriculture looks very bright. Later in the afternoon we toured the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins. It was started by a guy who was an electrical engineer inspired by Beer on a Belgium bicycle tour in the late 80's. The brewery is beautiful, very sustainable, and every employee gets a bicycle on their one year anniversary of hire date. Pretty cool!

Garden Scenes

I am traveling in Fort Collins for work. The really cool stuff I saw today I was not permitted to take pictures of, but here are some fun shots from a garden center and a very creative public children's garden.

Traveling....

Been traveling way too much the past few weeks, so posting has been minimum. Last week I was in Raleigh (neat ballroom under renovation in the historic district) and Goldsboro. Best quote from the trip: "that is what you call a frog stranglin rain".

A few pictures from the weekend...

Shocking...

Sometimes work is so fun. I had to observe a fish and wildlife class where they were surveying the fish population in a stream. I would of stayed the whole time if I did not have another meeting to go to.

Bad Hair Day...

Never fear, he used food to get it flattened out before breakfast was finished :-)

Big Creek

Christine, Seamus, Her folks, and I went to Big Creek on the western edge of the county. Great day for Wildflowers.



There was no good way for Seamus to sit at the picnic table so he had to eat in his baby jogger. He did not seem to care. BTW, I haven't mentioned it before, but this jogger has 4 cup-holders. 2 for the infant and 2 for the adult. I suppose if you had the inclination you could go on a very long jog without fear of dehydration.

Timber... sports.

I work in a Department of Natural Resources. One program in our section is Forest Management Technology. This weekend the Forestry Club and program hosted the 2008 Mid-Atlantic States Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet on our campus. It was a huge amount of fun. Fair warning: there are a lot of photos here:-) ESPN even recorded the event.

Seamus shots....

Seamus had his first swim lesson on Saturday. He is classified as a "swabby".

Seamus enjoys some warm spring like weather in Western North Carolina.

The Truth...

Seamus' Spot...

Seamus has taken to sitting on this lower shelf in the kitchen. He has a whole room full of toys and a toddler size recliner, but he prefers the bottom shelf :-)

40 #@*!!

Birthday card from Christine and the kid. Seemed so appropriate.

Google Time Machine

Best feature yet :-)

Bath and Laugh....

The final installment of the Bath Trilogy.

Seamus Bath II...

In case you (Nana, Papa, Grammy, and Grandpa) didn't get enough the first time...

A short stroll...

The good ole' days....

I don't get to do as much science as I like anymore, but occasionally I get access to some cool projects to take pictures of.

For St. Patrick's Day...

Abandoned Abbey visible from the Rock of Cashel.

One of our last stops on the Ireland trip a couple of years ago was the Rock of Cashel. From Wikipedia:

The Rock of Cashel (Irish: Carraig Phadraig), also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock , is a historic site in Ireland's province of Munster, located at Cashel, County Tipperary.The Rock of Cashel served as the traditional seat of the Kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion, though few remnants if any of the early structures survive. The majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century A.D. The buildings which crown the Rock of Cashel present a mass and outline of great complexity, rivalling other sites in western Europe. The complex has a character of its own, unique and native, and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in Europe.