Friday, December 11, 2009

very strange shape-shifting puzzle


There is an original John Evans jigsaw on my desk. It has 2 sides with different patterns. There are no edges - each piece can "walk" from one edge to another or diagonally or reflect across the mid-line ... the trick is figuring out which way. I should be able to move the pieces so that eventually I see the other side.

We'll see how long this takes ...

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Snow Day!

Just cozying up with home-made cookies and hot chocolate in the first blizzard of the season here in St. John's. You wouldn't think I had laundry hanging on this line yesterday. Today, I need snow boots to get to the composter. I tried to walk to the grocers but, after slogging a couple blocks into the driving snow with no view of the curbs and a near miss with the snow plow, I turned back.


In St. John's, if they can't open the doors at work, it's a Snow Day - we'll see how fast they clear this up by morning ...