Yesterday was a good day for seeing Swedish wildlife. Coming back to Vindeln from a study site we saw a bull moose with stubby new paddles, and late yesterday afternoon when we got back to the hostel we spied this hedgehog running by. Niklaas and the hog bonded long enough for these photos taken by Dan Lindner. Today we headed back to bug-land and dug the last 4 plots. We've spent the rest of the day processing samples, and probably will spend more time this evening doing the same thing. Deb and Marty are measuring the carbon dioxide the "critters" decomposing each wood stake are giving off, and Dan, Niklaas, and I are drilling little wood samples out of each stake so that Dan can do some DNA work and identify the fungal "critters" devouring each stake. How many times can you do the same thing again? Way too many, it turns out. One thing about being somewhere where it stays light all night is that you dont' realize how late it is. When we finally looked at our watches last night, it was almost midnight. Definitely time to stop working! I'm not sure if we'll finish up today, but it will be close. Today is Midsummer's Eve; already the stores are shutting done early in anticipation of tomorrow's big Midsummer's celebration.
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