Plants, Bones, and Stars

Help, I've been shrunk! Actually, that's a giant model of a venus fly trap at the botanical wing of the Osaka Natural History Museum. I went there yesterday with my friend, Tiffany, and her boss.

There were many wonderful plant specimens but my favourite was this:



I know they look lavender but, according to the sign, they're 青いバラ, "blue roses". Any Twin Peaks fan would be excited. Also by the fact that there was a big slice of a douglas fir trunk downstairs straight from Oregon (I didn't get a picture).

Next we visited the main event which, of course, is bones:



These impressive fin whale skeletons were outside. Inside, there were dinosaur fossils.



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It was a pretty nice day.

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The lovely saucer dashed from cold to gold.
In bubbling ice, the glasses kept afloat.
A certain kind of youth is never old.
The tiny world became a cheery boat.
A world of spikes invites the metal man.
To jump beneath the waves some boots are light.
Electric suns bestow an iv'ry tan.
To power up, ascend the copper kite.
The spinning hair revealed a pulsing brain.
The hungry planet called to earthling gin.
Beneath the bones, belief excised the sane.
The thirsty world contracts the whisky bin.
Recurring storms denude the late abed.
The waiting roots revive untimely dead.