Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Crash

The collisions occurred on October 5, 2007, a drizzley Friday evening. Here's the overview and below are the hapless participants.









Vehicle 1 failed to yield on a left-hand turn heading south on Avent Ferry, trying to turn left onto Trailwood. Driver uninjured.


Vehicle 2. Was driving north on Avent Ferry Rd. Spun 180 degrees after being smashed by Vehicle 1.
Driver walked away with no immediate injuries.










Vehicle 3. Me. First car at a red light on Trailwood Rd. waiting to turn left onto Avent Ferry Rd. The glass on the windshield is from Vehicle 1's back driver's side window. After hitting v2, v1 was skidding and swerving, and airborne. I saw him flying towards me. Luckily, he didn't roll over me. From the force of the blow, my car jumped backwards about 20 feet and hit the car behind me (Vehicle 4) I sustained long-term muscle pains in the neck, back and hip. Therapy still in progress.




Vehicle 4 driver was uninjured and had no damage to her vehicle.

Full police report available.
Accident number P07122695

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Butterfly

Videos from Sept 27. Turn on sound to get the full effect.

I planted >10 parsley plants, so there would be enough for the butterflies. One of them made her chrysalis right on the side of this large pot. You can see the chrysalis when the camera moves away from the butterfly.



She was crawling around with curly wings just after she emerged. She stayed for a while until her wings stiffened. Too bad I had to leave, so didn't see the first flight.



She's furling and unfurling her proboscis (little tongue-like thing).