Annabelle is always finding cool things online for us to try! She and Kate came up Friday evening - she brought food coloring and I provided the mile and dish soap. You put milk in a container - then drop different food colors, then put dish soap drips on top - it is magic! the colors move and create fun patterns.
They keep moving for quite a while - we did it several times. We wondered if a clear glass dish would make a difference - not much -the while milk is the same. We looked online and it had the experiment and told us what makes the colors move. The fat molecules in the mile react with the molecules in the dish soap - something about polarization - or something. It was fun and reminded me of Granny's old white egg carton and dropped you kids would mix colors with - fun and educational!
Dad started pulling up the flowers in the front flower bed - now that it is freezing most nights and they are looking a little faded. I rescued enough to make two small bouquets for Church today - this is one and Kate took the other one to her house to enjoy for a few days.
On our table - in the western sun! Snapdragons and marigolds - hardy flowers!
We have really enjoyed the flowers all summer - kind of sad to see them go - but I love the snow and winter also... so we will just roll with the seasons and enjoy what we have.
We did that milk experiment at Tal's Science B-day party. The kids loved it. If you use whole milk the colors move around even more. The more fat, the more color craziness. So fun!
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