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Crystals in the Lechuguilla Caves
Everyone at home is in work today which leaves me the morning to do as I please back at my parents. Despite that however I seem to spend a lot of time doing stuff for other people :)
I sort my parents digital camera out since they've managed to fill the memory card up and have no idea how to extract the photos onto the PC, give one of our dogs a haircut since he looks like nothing more than a ball of fluff at the moment and then wrap some presents which I'm delivery on my way back home to my friend who had a baby last week.
After I've done all of that there is just enough time for me to grab a jacuzzi, pack my bags and then wander into town to meet my parents for lunch before I head back home. With goodbyes said, and hour and a half later and I arrive at my friends house where she's got most of her immediate family down to help out with the new baby. I even did my bit and held Lily for a good while, though at nearly 8lbs its a bit of a task to hold a baby still for ages in fear of walking them up! :) I leave my friends at about 5.45 pm which as it turns out was a good time to go since I missed all of the rush hour traffic on the motorway.
What I didn't miss however was the rain, yet again! This time though it piddled down when I was about an hour or so from Oxford, so it must be the leftovers from what Wales had all weekend, which from the amount of flooding I saw was a bit Noah/Arc/2 by 2 like to say the least.
I get home at about 8pm, where we get take out for tea and generally chit chat about our weekends. We watch Planet Earth on TV and I've never ever seen such a big pile of shit in my life (and no, I'm not talking about the documentary per se, but much rather the big pile of bat guano that featured in it for about 10 minutes...). There was also some astonishing geological formations too, such as the 6ft gypsum crystals found in the Lechuguilla caves.
Honestly though, a fascinating series with spectacular filming techniques... you can take a peek at the highlights from the show here, and I'd recommend you do, truly amazing.
Posted by Abi on the March 27, 2006 9:17 PM
For Father's Day, may I suggest a card reader for their camera/computer problems. Of course, then they'll have to remember to put the card back in the camera. Maybe an extra card along with the reader?