Busy Days

Turning 40 in a week means trying new potions. Honey enzyme mask. Worth the mess? No.
Here we have Ponce de Leon and Christopher Columbus sock puppets (thank you mom).
And for the best, the October cookie of the month in Martha Stewart Living. They turned out pretty and tasty - a maple sugar cookie. Easy except you have to keep putting the dough in the freezer between rolling, cutting and baking.

Yesterday we went down the mountain for violin and lab work. Eloise chose to stay with me while I got my lab work done. We were the last ones there after closing, so she sat the in the chair opposite watching the phleobotomist suck ten vials out of my arm. Funny kid, if it had been an animal wincing in pain she would be in tears, but watching a human just leaves her fascinated. She told the phleobotomist that the blood was only blue in the veins and did not turn red till it made contact with oxygen. Then she wanted to know how they test the blood to see what is in there, asked about medical school, related internships to student teaching, and then confirmed that tuberculosis is the disease where you cough up blood - we were looking at the old hospital across the street in Redlands while waiting for Franz to pick us up. I need to find some good books for kids who are interested in medicine.

While sitting there waiting we saw three large raccoons cross under the street lamp and lumber down the side walk near the hedges. We did not know they would be down in Redlands. All in all it was eventful.