I actually have heard of the "gyascutus" which "has legs of unequal length so that it can walk easily on hillsides" though I think it might go by other names.

"To improve access to scientific literature, we have created Botanicus, a freely accessible, Web-based encyclopedia of digitized historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library. We have been digitizing materials from our library since 1995, focusing primarily on beautifully illustrated volumes from our rare book collection." via karinalane.

The snow was tapering off as Moriah and I climbed up to the roof for the first time. There was tar on the ladder and it was cold up there. Nice view of lower Manhattan across the Hudson, though.

A portrait of Oscar with his cat carrier. I love the "Cat sitting on all four feet as close together as possible" pose he's rocking here.

I think I pointed the laser at Oscar's toy otter, because truthfully Oscar doesn't usually seem that interested in his toy otter.

He's "chasing" the laser pointer around, mostly just by watching it.

The author reads some poems, with accompaniment.

New macro lens!

New macro lens!

New macro lens!

New macro lens!

New macro lens!

Just before I took this a huge pile of snow fell on the Ice House sign.

Waiting for the bus at Atlantic and Court.