Random Snapshots

Photograph of pineapple upside-down cake.

The other night, when both of our sweet teeth (tooths?) were acting up, Gretchen made us a pineapple upside-down cake.

Photograph of honor code plaque.

I spotted this plaque mounted on a stone in amongst some shrubbery next to a walkway on campus. It reads:

The Penn State

Honor Code

A good name is earned by fair play,

square dealing and good sportsmanship

in the classroom, on the athletic field

and in all other college relations.

We earnestly desire that this spirit

may become a tradition at Penn State.

The Skull & Bones Senior Honor Society

Founded 1912

Erected 2003

There is no apparently relation between this organization and the one that the two presidential candidates belong to, but it sounds like good advice, anyway.

Photograph of hot air balloon.

Gretchen’s camera has been acting up and we just got it working again yesterday and downloaded the pictures that were on it. This balloon went bumping through the farm fields in our valley on February 29th. My guess is that it was colder than they thought and they were unable to heat the air in their balloon enough to keep it aloft.