As I was biking in to work this morning, I noticed that the small dam by the bridge near Westfield was completely under water. This got me wondering what the 100 Acres looks like with all of this extra water. I was in for quite a surprise.

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Last year, I challenged myself by biking to work on Bike to Work Day, and then attempting to bike in once a week over the summer. I’ve been waiting anxiously for the right time to start up a new season, and today was the day. I thought I’d do a bridge tour of my ride from the Monon trail down to the museum, so here it goes:

The Monon & The White River

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Speaking of art and nature, I’d like to recommend getting outside and savoring the beauty of the night sky a little bit after sunset, because for a while you’ll be able to see the conjunction of Venus and Mercury.

Yes, those are our planetary neighbors… hold your hand up at arm’s length and they’re just about three fingers apart. Trust me, it’s a whole different experience seeing this with your own eyes. Which you can, but binoculars might help if you’re in an area that suffers from light pollution.

Enjoy contemplating the universe!

If you haven’t noticed, we have around two dozen events happening at the museum this week, and that’s fairly typical. When we were discussing events and calendar design for the new website, we realized that we had a challenge on our hands. And honestly, we might have underestimated it a bit at first.

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After being impressed by the computer graphics in Avatar this weekend, I thought that this would be a great time to bring up the concept of the uncanny valley in 3D character animation and discuss some examples from recent films.

Photo by Listen Missy! on Flickr

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