Ice Storm in Northwest Arkansas

Yesterday I posted a few pics on Twitter as the trees fell apart, but then we lost power, so I couldn't do updates anymore. We still don't have power, so I'm posting this from a hotel.

This was the view from the bedroom window this morning:


Looking up and down the street in front of the house:



Across the street:


The backyard:




Macro of the grass to show how the ice was adding so much weight to the trees and tearing them apart:


The whole town looks like that. Nothing will look the same for decades. So it goes.

Good Movies for Six to Seven Year Olds

Inspired by a fellow Twitter-er, this the FreeHusband's off the cuff, five minute list:

1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
2. The Iron Giant
3. Castle in the Sky
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. The Sound of Music
7. Yankee Doodle Dandy
8. Back to the Future
9. Star Wars: A NEW HOPE(not the horrid new trilogy stuff)
10. The Princess Bride
11. Mary Poppins
12. Toy Story
13. Spy Kids(only part 1)
14. Superman(1978)
15. The Adventures of Robin Hood(Errol Flynn)
16. Singin' in the Rain
17. My Neighbor Totoro
18. The Incredibles
19. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
20. The Parent Trap(1961 only!)

Stunningly Effective

Gregarious Llama

 

Things My Son Made Recently

 

 

 

 

With an exception: I set up the yellow arch at the bottom of the block tower.

The possibility of stacking books against the wall would not have occurred to me. Four days later, and I notice that I forgot to post the books picture. Que sera sera. Next time.

Entering a Technology I Formerly Shunned: Twitter

You can now follow me on Twitter.

Notice the total lack of posts of the holidays. I often find links or have thoughts that I'd like to post about but never get around to blogging. Often the things I want to share are so short that I don't even want them on the blog.

Enter Twitter. I'll try this for a while. There will probably be more activity over there. Longer, more developed things will still appear over here. And no, my Twitter feed will not give you a play by play of my day.

My favorite thing about Twitter:

Twitter = terse

I like terse.

So, if you'd like, follow me.