We went to four furniture stores last weekend. One of the places we went was a gigantic warehouse with high-quality luxury furniture at a discount. Expensive wholesale furniture dealer. After looking at about three items, we knew this place was too rich for our blood, but we had a good time looking around anyway. They had a lot of great stuff, but they also had a lot of hideous fabrics. One of the funniest things we saw was this blue alligator print chair. It wasn't just a print, it was actually textured like alligator skin. Maybe it was some kind of custom leather? I don't know. It reminded me of a movie scene set in a 1920's whorehouse or something. By the way, I'm pretty sure these were $1800 a piece.

January 28, 2012

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October 06, 2011

Finally got something good with my macro extension tubes. This was the biggest praying mantis I've ever seen, and she was on our screen door all morning that day. I took the time to set it up correctly, which involved a stool, a tripod, my macro extension tubes, and a remote trigger. No matter how many times I disturbed her, she just stayed on the front door.