Besides the obvious darkening of the night, it appears another tell-tale sign of summer slipping away (and I actually have to turn on lights at night) is that more and more scientists are appearing at break time. For the past two weeks we've barely had a quorum, but today we actually overflowed to another table. I'm trying desparately to kick the collaborative research projects into gear. It seems that science never goes as smoothly as planned, and trying to coordinate new projects on two continents with 10 time zones in between is a slow way to do work. I'm certain it will pay off in the long run, but at times it seems like I'm punching the tar-baby. My friend Jeremy has a new nickname for GovTrip... GovTrap. Sounds about right to me. I've been trying the better part of all day to sign in but it won't let me. So, tomorrow, I'm going to the field with Risto. We plan to visit a nursery and maybe see some birds. We've been trying to just chat and compare Finnish and US nurseries, so perhaps tomorrow's windshield time will allow us to do that. Rumor from is that it's hot, hot, hot, and now smoky too. I won't rub it in, but it looks like you might get a little Finnish-like weather later in the week (75 F, sunny). Today's photo is from the kitchen.... not a bad view.... could be better if I close the computer... okay, I'll do that right now.
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