Hexie the Hexane Pet

Katie wanted to do a fun extra credit assignment for her chemistry class. So, using her molecular set, she built a fun animal and named it Hexie. The black balls represent carbon and the yellow represent hydrogen. Hexie is a hexane molecule (6 carbon and 14 hydrogen atoms) and this is what she sent in to her teacher. Oh, her teacher loved it!!

This is Hexie, our new pet. I named him Hexie, because naming him C₆H₁₄ seemed a little impersonal. As you can see, he is leash-trained and loves to play with his ball. Unfortunately, he’s not quite house-trained, since he still leaves little piles of carbon on the floor and small puddles of hydrogen. When that happens, we have to put him outside for a little “time-out.”




He’s just a baby now, but when he grows up, he’ll be an Octane. Wow, I can’t wait! Well, it’s time to take him for a little walk.

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A Mother's Work is Never Done

I heard a lot noise outside the other morning and when I went to look, I caught these guys on our back patio ...



I threw out some stale bread for the birds and this mom decided that it would be a great meal for her babies. They followed her all over the yard trying to get their fair share. They even ended up on our barbeque AND on the handle of our power edger (Yes, lined up in a nice row with mommy in the middle)! Unfortunately, by the time I got the camera, they had moved to the patio.