Sunday Randomness #68 Weather Science Data and straws

This is a favorite link about the weather data for Salt Lake City:    https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=CAR&issuedby=SLC&product=CF6&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0

It's searchable for the last few years-just click on the versions numbers at the top to see the information for a previous month in a past year.  If you go back through the years, it's easy to calculate that we are still in drought mode.  We have not been catching up that much to the levels we really need to sustain our great Utah outdoors, no less all the water consumption we use on both residential and business levels.  Reduce, reuse, recycle.  Water deep and water less often.   Even in the summer months, I try to water just once a week with a deep soaking during the cooler hours.

We've been taking our own containers for leftovers to restaurants for a number of years now and we all use reusable water bottles.   I just got our rain straws from the Kickstarter we supported last year.  If you're interested in a fully washable straw here's the link to their new website: https://rainhydration.com/    We'll have to do a review of the straws on a different Sunday Randomness.

Sunday Randomness #290 : Inconsistencies Emerge

(The picture of Jack sunning himself by peaches from the farmer's market and Daisy's little clay pumpkin to the left of the peaches is yet another inconsistency.)

Mica: "How will I know when the hamburger is thawed?"
Hedgehog: "When it's no longer frozen."
Mica: "How will I know when that is?"

Bribery does work.  I bribed Mica by letting her use my library card in exchange for her participation in a book club.

Mica wondering where all the drinking glasses had gone and Daisy responding: "They're probably all in the dishwasher.  Look, it says clean."  (They only figured that out because I put a note on the dishwasher thinking (foolishly) that someone (other than me) would actually empty it.)

Hedgehog tried to save a spider in the tub by catching it in a cup but it crawled back into the overflow and when she plunged the tub to get it back out it landed on the side of the tub and was dead from all the trauma of trying to save it.  "I tried really hard to save its little life but it wasn't meant to be."

Daisy in the senior year in high school: "There are no big trends happening at school right now so it's really sad because I can't make fun of them or decide to join them."

Hedgehog on more little creatures: "We must have hundreds of worms and I feel so bad that I'm killing some of them."  She had to remove some sod to plant some herbs in its place and unintentionally was digging up some of the worms.

We saw a truck filled with bags of onions that was pulled over by the police on a family vacation.  Mica remarked: "That's a real tearjerker."

Daisy on a summer day: "Why are there so many people out today?"  Me: "Because it's cooled down and it's a nice day."  Daisy: "Well, why are they out having fun and enjoying life?"

Sunday Randomness #249: Local locales as part of a photography art show at our library

Daisy and I put on a joint photography art show during the month of October at our local library.  I took the pictures and she helped me pick, edit, and frame the final selections.  All the pictures where taken between State Street and 2700 East and on 3300, 3900, and 4500 South. 

Sunday Randomness #621: Stained Glass art/history gem in Orem at UVU

Heading down to the Orem area in Utah?  Swing by UVU to see the stained glass exhibit that opened in November of 2016, Roots of Knowledge.   There's free admission to the gallery and it's well worth the drive plus the couple of bucks for parking in the visitor's lot at Utah Valley University.       https://www.uvu.edu/rootsofknowledge/

Located in the Fulton Library, the Roots of Knowledge stained glass exhibit takes about 1-2 hours to view.  There are hundreds of images in the designs from historical to cultural to pop culture references including authors and others in the arts, sciences, and in between.  There are many easter eggs pulled from books, movies, and other forms of entertainment including items and/or people from some well-known fandoms.  It is a permanent installation so you can go back and see it again since once is definitely not enough to take in the scope and detail of the gallery.

I went with an old library friend a few weeks ago and we are planning to go back soon to take the guided tour. It's a treasure trove of knowledge in art form!  Check the link above for more information. 

Sunday Randomness #174: All-Women Hoop Dancing Competition at This Is The Place

At the end of August we decided last minute to go to This Is The Place Heritage Park and watch the Intermountain All-women Hoop Dancing Competition.  They have dancers from as far away as Canada and others from the western United States.  It was fun and we bought some fry bread and wandered around the village during the lunch intermission.  We didn't stay all day-probably a few hours but we got to see many dancers and they were all wonderful!

Sunday Randomness #297: Car sightings Summer 2019 in SLCounty

 Yes, I approve of their license plate and a bunch of things related to LOTR.

 I lucked out in parking in the same garage as an official Natural History Museum vehicle when I volunteered to help at with the library days at the museum.  I thought the bugs and bird tracks on the engine hood were funny.  The sides and back just continued the natural theme.

Then I spotted this cool green vintage model Chandler car while on a trip to the grocery store: 

I'm glad there are people willing to share art through their modes of transportation.