Q for QUINOLOGY

Or--Q for Quickie

which is probably a good thing after our 

super  l  o  n  g   P-post yesterday.  

Confession time. 

I'm freaking oooouuutttt. 

Today is my last pre-written posts. I had up to Q finished with R and S in rough shape before the challenge. So after this post, I've essentually got  nothing left--zilch. Hence, me freaking out. And since the start of the challenge, I've done nothing to stay ahead of the game. Yes, it's my fault. Yes, I'm a procrastinator, and yes I constantly live in the state of freaking the holy hell out.  But, that's my problem. I'll still manage to bring you the best of the best of ologies, well except for today. Turns out Q is slim pickings as far as -ologies go. Quinology was all I could find that was semi-serious. I guess it's better than Q for Qtipology (which I just made up but you never know, maybe it does exist).  But look on the bright side, at least you get a quickie today, and that starts with Q! 

Quinology is the science that deals with the cultivation of the cinchona tree. There are 38 different species in the genus Chinchona that yields  C _2 0  H _2 4  N ₂  O _2 ,  an alkaloid called quinine. Quinine is important because it is used in the medical field to treat malaria.

Cinchona pubescens - flowers
source Wikipedia commons

And that's a wrap!

I'm sure you guys can make up with some great q_ology words. :D 

Happy Friday.
Enjoy your weekend.
Try to get out of the house and do something fun.
Get into trouble. 
Then blog about it.
(: 

Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself and La Luna

                             

Today I'm participating and co-hosting the Re-Introduce Myself blogfest! This is a chance to introduce yourself all over again to readers both new and old. I did this in the form of a video, maybe not the brightest idea, especially if this doesn't work...hope this works.... 

...and so sorry Mark Koopmans for totally trashing the correct spelling of your last name, lol! 
But this IS my first video and . . . oops! 
*facepalm* 

((((&))))

Mina Lobo over at Some Dark Romantic thought of a really fun and easy bloghop. All you had to do was go out last night, snap a picture of the full moon, and post it today. Easy. That's why I signed up. (; Anyway, here are my pictures of a French full moon. 
Enjoy, and thanks Mina!

Full moon
France
January 27, 2013

Full Moon
France
January 27, 2013
This is essentially the same shot as above, I just
played around with the color balance
in photoshop.

Full Moon
France
January 28, 2013
Ok, I couldn't resist this shot while having breakfast with my kids.
I'm diggin the trees in the foreground. 

Moon
France
January 26, 2013
The forecasters predicted a high chance of rain showers on the 27th.
To be on the safe side, I decided to take pictures the night before
to at least have something to post today.
Well, the forecasters were wrong.
Surprised?
Didn't think so.
Anyway, I like the way this picture turned out with the cloud interference
so I thought I'd add it in just for fun.
(: