I felt like a real researcher again today. Actually did some research, talked about some other research, and read about research. I guess that's what a sabbatical is all about... getting away from the phone and the email and visitors in the office to concentrate on one's vocation. Katri started some preliminary work on the Iliamna seeds I brought along. Got some seed counts and we looked at some x-rays to see if we could figure out what we were looking at. Once we have a better feel for seed quality we can start the real experiment. Juha and I had a nice chat this afternoon about a potential experiment looking at using pelleted biochar as a amendment for nursery media. After work I took a good bike ride to get some fresh air.Today I've been married 25 years. Wow, time flies when you're having fun. We will have to celebrate when we meet up in Sweden next week. Deb says she has heard from our offspring, Niklaas, who is working in steamy New Orleans and plugging his youthful arteries with some good ol' deep fried cookin'. We'll work that off of him soon enough on the research plots.
I was just lamenting that another day had gone without a new bird, but right outside my window a Treecreeper is, well, creeping up the tree. And, even better, it's a lifer.
Bird of the day: Treecreeper (life)
No comments:
Post a Comment