Remember where?

Harsh critic

Ed enthusiastically asks, "What do you think of these margaritas?"
Craig responds with hesitation, "It's okay"
A shocked and disappointed Ed quips, "Only okay???????"

 Lillie might have a lucky Confucius, but the Grass Lab has Peking Palace!

Making and enjoying Ed's margaritas

Cottage full of Ed's margaritas and fellows

Calabria Pork store night at the Grass Lab!

Adair, the puller lady-

 - shows what's inside the P1000.

 And has our undivided attention.

Don't try this at home. Or do. But make sure you have a spare filament and forgiving lab mates.

sorry, no pets :(

I think this cuttle doesn't like me. Just look at him...  Right in front of his tank on the floor is a big ink spot. If I can CSI my way through it, he was aiming at the side of my face as I walked by but he inked my sleep-deprivation cave instead. Quite some distance too! The spot is about 5 feet away from his tank. Hope his timing doesn't improve.

Shopping for fabric patterns to decorate the outsides of the cuttlefish home away from home... Pattern 1 might work but cuttles can see themselves reflected in the aquarium sides so...

Here's pattern 2. It does a better job of disrupting the outline of a cuttle. Or it might startle the cuttles into believing they've had a frizzy toupee all along. Maybe that realization alone will keep them awake.

Inside the dark cave, I find... my tanks! They are newly drilled too! A friendly scientist helped me drill drain holes today. Thanks, George Bell!!

Below, we see another everyday object, the large binder clip, being made to live an unconventional life style. They'll direct the water flow into the tanks at a specific depth.

Here are the water hoses attached to a manifold I found laying around. I think this is their intended use though.

Woo! Some of the tools used to drill holes in the tanks. Notice the nice round, glass pieces...

:Notice also, the nice cracks we created due to a wobbly drill   : (   Hopefully a bit of sealant will hold them together for the next few months.

My secluded, black tarp encircled, science cave.  It's about 5 feet wide by 14 feet long.

Clapping, cheering and hooting in the lab (at a goldfish), Alberto is certainly enjoying science at his rig!

WELLLLCOMMMME...

Entrance to the parking lot next to the cabins. The shuttle collects us here and promptly takes us to do science.

Looking down the all... suddenly you consider you might be conducting meta experiments on the cuttlefish. Who's watching me? Am I displaying disruptive coloration? 

A productive day shopping for science tools disguised as everyday objects!

HOW OLD ARE THESE EGGS?!?!?!?!?!

The tail end of lab cleaning!

View from the second floor of the cabin I'm staying in. If I had brought my kitties, they would have LOVED this place!

The bare bones (pvc) cuttlefish observation rig. All that pvc will hold video cameras to record cuttlefish behavior around the clock for several days. Cameras will record from above and the sides and maybe looking up from under the tanks. There will also be festive, bright red led Christmas lights for night recording. Cuttlefish can't see the red light so they get to experience a normal dark period, while I see every little thing they do. Since they're nocturnal, there should be quite a bit going on while I sit back with my bowl of popcorn enjoying the dailies.

Cradled an old cuttlefish in my hand to get a better look at individual markings with the help of Jean Boal today... it was an amazing moment for me. This cuttle is about 2 years old.

Searching for the perfect Grass Foundation blue nail polish- is it (left to right):

Mezmerised, Lapis of Luxury or Bikini so Teeny?

The recent rain is not all bad ! (from Ann)

Day 2: getting the Grass bikes ready.

Grass Lab 2012, Day 1.

Rachel, Teresa and Joan, setting up the main area.

View from the seminar room. Poor us.

Old school.

Rig designing.

Pretty thing.

Screw this!

Alberto and Rachel contemplating some more rig designing questions.

Teresa finds geocached eggs from a previous year.

The first rig is up and running!