Notes | Brutkey

Reasonably sure Mastodon peeps like libraries and might like a peek at this wowzer I stepped into today.

#DasCDMX

A look inside the Biblioteca Vasconcelos in Mexico City. There are columns of bookshelves seeming suspended at various levels from the ceiling with walkways connecting and that keep going into the far distance. Light from glass skylights many stories up and interior lighting are throughout. On the bottom floor, slightly lower than the camera vantage is the skeleton of a whale

Just a fantastic site for #Gardening #planting zone hardiness in US and changes from #ClimateChange

https://apps.npr.org/plant-hardiness-garden-map/

Das
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So we do have to find an electrician to put in a 240v line and receptacle in the garage, but in the meantime,
Wow we're filling up the car tank/battery via a regular 110v plug point in the kitchen near the garage

(Just got an #EV last week)

Big white rectangular object with blue light in the middle and one end of the pack with a thick black wire bent and plugged into a wall socket

Das
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Kid1 showed me her crocheted (that's a verb right?) jellyfish and asked if I wanted one, then casually made one for me after dinner 😭
On my backpack now

#crochet

Small - about the size of a big thumb - jellyfish crochet in blue and a few strands if yellowish green yarn

2 pics - crochet hook and blue yarn in a hand and a purple + blue jellyfish in the palm of my hand

A crocheted blue and pale purple jellyfish against a bag

Das
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Mostly I'll post (as I am typically wont to) about #food #drink #cooking
I'm a compulsive documenter, so there'll be #Travel #photography I hope to get my fill of #Japan and share a slightly different perspective - not just touristy (you'll get that too, don't worry).
Last time I was here in Japan with my partner was 2016 for 2 weeks (kids stayed behind - with partners visiting parents, in Pittsburgh). We have all so wanted to come (back) here.
I'll use #DasInKobe tag too

よろしくお願いします 🙏🏽

Das
@SRDas@mastodon.online

A re- or perhaps de- introduction especially for so many new followers - I'm back to my usual beat in Pittsburgh; done with an amazing time in #Japan 👆🏽

Still so much to share about that - which I will anon. I'll do so with #DiJP if that helps to filter (in or out).
I can never tell what may be to your interest and not offended if you unfollow.

For now some pics from the trip; among my favs, one kid2 took of me in Asakusa (didn't touch the waraji, but hey look at that 50+ yo form!)

Cheers!

A giant waraji (straw sandal) hanging on the red painted wooden gate at Sensoji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo. A person is jumping and feet are off the ground as he is reaching out to try and touch the (bottom of the) waraji

An outstretched arm with with a couple of potato sticks held out as a flying seagull with spread wings grabs them in its beak. Other seagulls are flying nearby. A grey sea and overcast sky is the background

A large pond with many fallen brown leaves and colored koi swimming in it. On the far end of the pond just above the short vertical bank is a white egret with S bent neck among lush greenery

Three costumed spidermen and a person in a t-shirt pointing at each other

Das
@SRDas@mastodon.online

はじめまして
I never really did an #introduction, just jumped in and never went back to Xitter.
A bit of an explanation now - I've transplanted to #Kobe #Japan from #Pittsburgh for my #ProfLife 4 month Fall sabbatical - with my family!
We #Homeschool our kids, so this worked out well (next yr Kid1 will head to college - last opportunity for this sort of adventure, so I snatched it). Wish me luck!
Thanks all who follow or just come across & boost - you mastofriends have all been gracious and kind! 🙏🏽

Colourful mural of a cartoon of the Kobe area buildings, streets, bridges and port with Be Kobe written to a side.
2 kids are standing in front of the mural (which is about 25 feet tall by 30 feet wide, approx)

Das
@SRDas@mastodon.online

Mostly I'll post (as I am typically wont to) about #food #drink #cooking
I'm a compulsive documenter, so there'll be #Travel #photography I hope to get my fill of #Japan and share a slightly different perspective - not just touristy (you'll get that too, don't worry).
Last time I was here in Japan with my partner was 2016 for 2 weeks (kids stayed behind - with partners visiting parents, in Pittsburgh). We have all so wanted to come (back) here.
I'll use #DasInKobe tag too

よろしくお願いします 🙏🏽

Das
@SRDas@mastodon.online

はじめまして
I never really did an #introduction, just jumped in and never went back to Xitter.
A bit of an explanation now - I've transplanted to #Kobe #Japan from #Pittsburgh for my #ProfLife 4 month Fall sabbatical - with my family!
We #Homeschool our kids, so this worked out well (next yr Kid1 will head to college - last opportunity for this sort of adventure, so I snatched it). Wish me luck!
Thanks all who follow or just come across & boost - you mastofriends have all been gracious and kind! 🙏🏽

Das
@SRDas@mastodon.online

Oh hey - found an archived version of the #Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article from 2010 about my #KitchenChemistry course.

Somewhat flattering article I'll add (even if I'm being shameless and self-promoting). I do hope to keep at this for #SciComm and Outreach even if offering the course has gotten harder. Was a lot of work but fun (and students' joy & learning & enthusiasm kept me going those days- well, till 2017)

(May take a while to load)
http://web.archive.org/web/20190512150918/https://www.post-gazette.com/food/2010/11/04/Chemistry-in-the-Kitchen/stories/201011040485

#KitchenScience #Gastronomy

Das
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Greetings!
https://about.me/subha.das

https://mastodon.online/invite/cFqSU5WX