Wednesday, 10 Jun

It was a really quiet day at the station. Either everyone has taken off on a holiday or are in the field. I spent the morning working on my proposed collaborative research with Juha concerning pelleted biochar, and the afternoon working on some preliminary investigation into germination of Iliamna rivularis. Not much has been done with the species, and we only have a limited number of seeds, so we are trying to wade in carefully. Katri has been doing some great work, including using this machine to get 1000 seed weights. Hopefully we'll have some preliminary results by the end of the week and can plan accordingly. This evening I was suppose to have a conference call... I got the international calling card to work fine, but the passcode for the conference call was extremely frustrating. No matter how carefully I typed the phone keys, the polite but annoying computer voice kept insisting that I had entered extra digits. Ack. So much for modern technology. I've found that the timing is right, time zone wise, for me to get my first salvo of Forest Service emails while I try to relax in the evening. Perhaps I should ignore the emails and do just that. Right now I'm trying; I'm watching Finland and Russia play a little futball... my first game I've been able to find on television. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll last through the second half... I may have to call it a day.