Last night we slipped out to see March of the Penguins. Holy god-- don't talk to me about Intelligent Design because these creatures are freaking amazing and they get all the credit. Emperor penguins huddle together for four months under the most extreme freezing, miserable conditions the Antarctic can wail on them. THEY HUDDLE and keep their chick eggs up off the ice and balance them on the tops of their feet FOR FOUR MONTHS. Yankees might think they are tough, but they've got nothing on penguins.

While driving home . . .
Me: But they never explained the regurgitation.

T: Not really a detail I was missing.

Me: But it was a documentary. And I wanted to know how the regurgitation worked. Did they have extra pockets in their mouths? Four stomachs like a cow? Does the mother cook the food in her stomach? Are some mothers better cooks than others? Are there regurgitation recipes?

T: I can't help you here.

Me: I think that was a very serious oversight. People want to know.

T: Nobody wants to know.

Me: Children don't want to know? That's not the first question they ask? "Um, excuse me, but she fills her stomach and then travels 70 miles and then feeds her chick from the stomach for several weeks-- how does that work exactly?"

T: Honey, trust me. You're on your own here.

The crew was working hard today despite it being a holiday weekend. Busy, busy, busy. That's Pete up there shingling the dormer.

Then there's our 17-year old intern Nick.

Who WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE COVERING when I found him!!! Grrrr--- I have recounted to him how T is the luckiest man alive as he once shot a PIECE OF METAL directly into his cornea* because he was NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION.

Look at those lovely blue eyes. Three seconds after this photo was taken Nick was wearing safety goggles. And he knows not to invoke the wrath of the mother bear by ever EVER working without them on again.

T was working on the interior (but I can't post any photos of him. Strictly VERBOTEN).

And then there was a certain someone who was pining for a walk.

So off we went.

This was our last stop. The foundation of the house where the people who owned this property before us lived 170 years ago. Given how tough it must have been to eke out an existence here, I'm convinced they must have been part penguin. Penguins with good taste cause that's a lovely view they had each day coming out of their house.

*Worst day of my life. Someday I'll relate the details. Suffice to say, the person in front of him that day at Massachusetts Eye & Ear and the person behind him both lost their eyes from their accidents. Eye injuries are deadly. The fact that he came out (after 4 stiches ON THE EYEBALL) with 20/20 vision is beyond comprehension.

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