I found my glue sticks.

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Balllon Camping Adventures

Sadly, dogs are not allowed at the Adirondack Balloon Festival.


Hot air balloons come in bags just like this.


Next, you use a normal-sized fan to blow them up.


It takes a whole team of strangers to keep a balloon on the ground once it gets going.

Once everyone lets go, you can watch them go up, up and away.



Did you know you can cook a turkey with a garbage can? I sure didn't.

If you're an extra special girl, you get your own mini balloon outside our camper.


This is the first tent I ever slept in that wasn't in a backyard.

This sign made me happy.

AMERPSAND

Spelling out &, it's gonna be big. Just you wait.

Light Bulb on!

The LED lit up; one tiny success on the path to creating my ultimate tbd robot machine.

E. chromi and synthetic biology

E. chromi from Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg on Vimeo.

If you didn't think science was cool yet, watch this video (the whole thing).
E. chromi is a super sweet project that "genetically engineering bacteria to secrete a variety of coloured pigments, visible to the naked eye." I know that doesn't sound so cool at first, but when you see the pink and purple poo, trust me, you'll wish you'd become a scientist.

Look what you can get in Oregon for $2.49.

Every time I come home to Oregon I bring back things I don't need, but for some reason want to have in my life. This visit home yielded some sweet Value Village finds such as a ballerina jewelry box for $2 and animal domino for 49 cents. So what if the box originally said, "Jessica". My label maker obviously took care of that, and you know those animal dominoes are going to make for a good craft project. Stay tuned to see what life they take on in the near future.