{"id":1559,"date":"2009-08-31T18:07:44","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T22:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2009-09-13T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T18:18:03","slug":"big-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/1559","title":{"rendered":"Big weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Action packed! Fun filled! Et cetera!<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, off to S&#8217;s for a froggers BBQ. His frog room, known variously as the garagemahal, the frog bunker and the frog pit, is looking great. Got to see some Chrome\/Sisa <em>Ameerega bassleri <\/em>among other lovely frogs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not a great picture, but a fantastic vivarium. The contrast between the red bromeliad and the yellow\/orange\/green\/black Tarapota <em>imitators<\/em> was beautiful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2567\/3875383959_8e73d0288f_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2567\/3875383959_8e73d0288f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday night some frog folk visiting from afar stayed at my place. We had a nice late dinner in Portsmouth. Luckily the dogs were on their best behavior Sunday morning and didn&#8217;t roust everyone at 5 AM (just me) &#8211; we&#8217;d had a late night; I had Sunday night to catch up on zzzs, but my guests would still be on their whirlwind tour.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday saw us all down at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackjungle.com\/home.htm\">Black Jungle<\/a> in central Massachusetts for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.necps.org\/\">New England Carnivorous Plant Society&#8217;s<\/a> summer cookout. I scored some nice <em>Nepenthes<\/em> cuttings and a short conversation with Stewart McPherson!!! I gushed, he grinned and was gracious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CP guru and fanboy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2430\/3872761772_91bca06683_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2430\/3872761772_91bca06683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gorgeous <em>N. hamata<\/em> someone brought with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3463\/3871976849_d9fb96b8d8_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3463\/3871976849_d9fb96b8d8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">P.S. &#8211; Gang of Four&#8217;s <em>Return the Gift<\/em> gets two huge thumbs-up from me. I listened to it (at probably an unhealthy volume) on the drive Sunday. The redo of <em>Entertainment!<\/em> plus the remix CD &#8211; yowza. Think I&#8217;ll play a couple tracks again and scare the neighbors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The problem of leisure<br \/>\nWhat to do for pleasure<br \/>\nIdeal love a new purchase<br \/>\nA market of the senses<br \/>\nDream of the perfect life<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action packed! Fun filled! Et cetera! Saturday, off to S&#8217;s for a froggers BBQ. His frog room, known variously as the garagemahal, the frog bunker and the frog pit, is looking great. 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