Literally translated, this is "melt cheese slabs".


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Red horned nerite snail amidst the zen.


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So here's the moss forest 35 litre nano we got for Shinju.


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Taking some eBay photos of a crocodile handbag for a neighbour, and saw my reflection in centuplicate.


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It was hot the other day, so I gave Wes a popcicle on the balcony. As is customary with children, he made a huge mess. A blob fell off and melted, so it got finger painted into... jeez I don't even know. Bloody roadkill jackalope?


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So bought the planted 35L nano tank today - got totally hooked up, too. Dude threw in a few kilos of pagoda stone, flame moss rooted on a large mopani root, 2 Kuhli loaches, a red horned nerite snail, and an extra overhead LED (cos the moss tree is a high light kinda guy, usual setup only comes with one ( Read more... )

Also of note - Wes was good today, so after school and aquarium shipping, we went to the pool. He can now apparently swim. Not well, mind, ,ind of hopping around on his toes with floaties on, but he's fearless about it, and would demand I go 5 meters away so he could swim to me. We'll go back tomorrow with Kavitha and Harshal ( Read more... )

My lovely tacca chantrieri.


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After bad luck at the visa office, I consoled myself among the plants at Dehner. Found some tiny little bell shapes violets, and couldn't pass them up.

Vallarta Campanas Moradas (G. Beck)

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Tonight is a mix of Huey Lewis and Black Flag. What on Earth...

Huey Lewis has a chin worthy of Leno.