Just a brief couple of pictures to share with you.  First off is the aforementioned stew.  The incandescent light doesn’t do it justice, and it’s a bit blurry, but it tasted absolutely wonderful!

Next, an interesting curiosity that I thought you’d get a kick out of.  B & I were snooping around the used truck section of a Ford dealer, and we found these little gems in the box of one of the trucks.  They’re made of poplar fuzz (and assorted other wafty-type seeds) and made round by being rolled around in the box by the wind.  They’re so delicate that they squash with next to no pressure; you can actually squash them before you can even really feel them.