Thursday, July 12, 2012

07/11/2012

1.  More RAIN!  Our backyard is a big mudpit.  Joseph loves it.  All the boys went out for a couple of minutes after it first started, until the thunder and lightning started in earnest.  Brigham and Mosey went inside, and Joseph and Sandy stayed under the back porch to enjoy the show.  Sandy is not a bit afraid of thunder.  It surprised me a little-- I'm kind of scared of it! 








2.  Earlier in the day, Brigham and Joseph had a great idea for how to get some quick cash. 
Brigham chained Joseph to a tree, and then held a sign saying, "Pay me $300 or I will not let him go."
Sadly, our part of the street is not well-traveled, and it got awfully hot before any of the passersby decided to take pity on poor Joseph.  So they went back inside and played Civilization for a while.  :-)

3.  When Ben got home yesterday evening he took Joseph and Mosey on a bike ride (well, he was running, and the boys were riding).  All the rain has the stream down in Bull Hollow really, really full.  I wish I could get down there!  The boys said there is a massive waterfall and the only way around is to climb up on some cliffs to get up around it.  On second thought, maybe it's a good thing I couldn't get down there...  The boys came home with SOAKED shoes.  Sandy was soaked through and through.  Mosey was so excited about it.  He went on and on about how cool it was, and how he takes the outside for granted until he really sees how awesome it is. 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dear Blogger,
I am not responding to today's entry but I would like to comment on your quest several years ago about Electromagnetic Fields. If your son really has an interest in understanding exactly what they are, I would refer you and him to Richard Feynman, "Lectures on Physics, Vol. II." Dr. Feynman explains that electromagnetic effects are actually a consequence of relativity. More importantly, he explains that it is not possible to develope physical explanations of the fields, but rather, we can use mathematics to understand their behaviors very accurately.