Week 35: Rain forests aren't humid, are they?

In the comments for week 33, our friend Anna suggested that we start taking requests. A brilliant thought, so if anyone has any ideas, do spill. Clock's ticking, though and we've still got some non-negotiables left to document, so make 'em snappy and make 'em good.

Meanwhile, with the record-setting heat wave laying on top of the city like an obese, sweaty aunt*, we figured an indoor photo shoot was on tap for this week. So we picked... an indoor jungle. Perhaps the only roofed-in locale with a dewpoint higher than the outdoors. Now that's some A-1 government-quality thought process you're lookin' at right there.

We hit the U.S. Botanic Garden, where, back in December, I took the first ever picture of Puck, though s/he was approximately the size of nothing at all, and we had no idea s/he was along for the ride:


And no, you can't actually see Puck in this picture, but s/he's in the person who's in the picture, so that counts right? Of course, we had to return to the frond in question for posterity's sake. Sligtly different look this time:


Both frond and belly have grown a bit.

From the ridiculous, we went sublime: the orchid room.


And finally, for those of you looking for the full girth disclosure:


This baby's got to be showing up before September, right?


* Disclaimer: Neither Anna nor Mike have any aunts that are either obese or sweaty.