A daily blog to keep my friends and family up-to-speed with my 3-month sabbatical at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) in Suonenjoki, Finland. For my birding friends, I'll post the "new" birds seen each day.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Wed, 22 Jul

Yes, you guessed it. Another day in the office. So, with the same daily experience, what's left to talk about? Food? Okay. Today's lunch seemed to be consumately Finnish. We had bread. Spread butter on it with the official wooden knife. We had soup. Naturally it featured chunks of fish and chunks of potatoes in a creamy milk broth seasoned with, what else, dill. We had salad. It was a cabbage base, with cucumber, watermelon, and pumpkin. Yup, pumpkin. Kinda soft and maybe marinated somehow. We had desert. Fresh strawberries with ice cream. But I passed on the coffee. Because I didn't go to town yesterday, I had no choice but to go today.... Picked up some groceries (and more strawberries) and cruised on back home. I took a good walk through the woods, didn't get lost, found the blueberries still a bit tart, and the birds now mostly silent. With the quality of light and the look of the woods, it kinda felt like fall... weird.

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I'm a research plant physiologist with the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystem Program. I'm also the National Nursery Specialist for the Forest Service.