Stuff! And things!

First: our pitcher plant’s pitcher is now open for business:

GIVE ME BUGS! OM NOM NOM!

Second: Byron and I went to see Men in Black 3. I thought it was cute. Byron thought it was uncomfortably intense, but now he’s talking about Men in Black constantly. I’m pretty sure he wants to join or, failing that, invent time travel. Or failing THAT, have someone wipe the scary aliens out of his memory.

I liked the bit with Andy Warhol.

Third: Happy Father’s Day, to my dad, to Scott, and to all the fabulous fathers of my acquaintance. This is important work you do! You’re making the world a better place. In fact, Men in Black 3 seemed to be an extended meditation on the importance of fathers (and father figures), and was a curiously apropos movie for us to have watched today.

Our little nepenthes

…is finally making some new pitchers! Look!

See the old cruddy pitcher from last year, lying shrivelled in the moss of the pot? The new pitchers are at the ends of the leaves, and the one nearest the bottom of the picture is the largest. It’s puffed up like a little balloon. Here’s an exciting action close-up:

Neat, eh? You can’t tell from this angle, but the stem actually connects to the bottom of the pitcher. The part on top will eventually be a flap that opens, and the pitcher itself will be full of water and digestive enzymes. We’re going to have to start feeding it bugs soon! This is so exciting!