Can you spot the kitty???

Warning: this blog entry contains an exceedingly high number of Tycho pictures. I figure it's the only way to make up for once-a-week blog entries. You've been warned!

Here is T enjoying springtime in our apartment…


Tuesday was the Book Store at Western's first-ever family bbq, and it was so much fun! I learned a lot. For example, NOT a good idea to wear a white shirt where water balloons are involved:



I also learned (and by learned, I mean "confirmed my suspicions") that Jordan has the makings of a great daddy. This type of greatness involves many things, not least of which is good taste in accessories and high tolerance for being laughed at by cute girls:




New conclusion: Gibbon's Park might just become one of my new favourite hang-out writing spots for the summer. It's walkable (through a fabulous neighbourhood!), it's got a river, it's got lots of dogs running around, and soon it will have a Megan lounging on its grass!

SO I've really been branching out in the kitchen/cooking area of my life (thanks in no small way to Ian & Ingrid and their cookbook gift-giving). Last night I cleaned out the grocery store like nobody's business! I am determined to learn like mad. So far all my problems seem to be in the timing. Overcooked stir fry served on undercooked pasta. I blame Derek! He is too distracting with his talking and his wine sharing. (I will not take the obvious segue into mentioning the wine bottle which someone accidentally smashed outside the apartment last night - no names will be named). This week I'm going to make Cinnamon Toast Coffee Cake! (Who knew that Coffee Cake, unlike its cousin Coffee Crisp, doesn't actually contain any coffee???) All of this cooking means that I am slowly (and as cheaply as possible) building up my supply of kitchen goods in anticipation of my little yellow kitchen in The Mont!

Okay folks, now it's time for Tycho's Learning Corner. He has been feeling left out of the whole blog scene so I've decided to let him include something . (He might even make a podcast someday!)

In today's Learning With Tycho episode: how to look big and scary when something frightening is happening. It's all in the tail! Big tail = big intimidation. Observe:

Regular tail….




SCARY TAIL!!!


One more time for good measure:

Regular tail:




SCARY TAIL!!!


This works for thunder storms, loud hallway noises, spider attacks, and pesky little beasts, especially ones named Yoshi who come and visit with Megan's friend Roxy.



Proper defense mode (protect food dish at all costs):

(NB: scary tail)

That's all from Tycho. For now!!!
















SCARY TAIL!!!