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Plants of Washington, Virginia and North Carolina
For a variety of reasons I took a real interest in the plants I was seeing on this trip. ( Can I tempt you with some plant pictures? ) -
Virginia and North Carolina
On the weekend after my Washington DC trip, I went walking with my friend in Virginia. I didn’t have proper hiking boots or really, decent walking shoes, so we kept to the very easy/ moderate trails.
( Can I tempt you with some wildlife pictures? ) -
Washington D.C.
A couple of weeks ago I had an opportunity to go a conference in Chapel Hill North Carolina, and I decided to tack on a vacation to see Washington D.C. and a friend in Virginia. From Nova Scotia, it is kind of on the way. I was particularly looking forward to seeing some of the Smithsonian museums, especially the natural history museum. The plan ( Read more... ) -
M.Sc thesis is done and accepted
I finished the final corrections today and my thesis was accepted by the school ( Read more... ) -
Annoyed
In Halifax we are asked to separate our garbage, recyclable, compost and cardboard. In the parking lot of my building we have 4 separate bins, one for each of the above catagories. In addition to having to separate our waste, there are different colour bags for garbage (white or black, although there is a petition to require clear bags) and blue ( Read more... ) -
Naturalist History Museum
It was a beautiful sunny fall day outside today and after getting some work done this morning I opted to walk over to Halifax’s Natural History Museum. In theory, I was on my way to get groceries, but the museum is in the opposite direction, and the only real commonality was that they were outside and away from my apartment.
On the way to the museum ( Read more... ) -
I Passed!
YAY, the intimidating stares, and tricky questions have been surmounted. The last hurdle is to make the corrections, and I have two weeks to get that done. (which isn't great timming but It will have to do).
I don’t feel elated yet, mostly exhausted. So close to the end now. -
Personal Recovery Milestone
So I think I’ve been going to physiotherapy for about three weeks. My ankle is getting stronger, and today I hit a very big personal milestone. I cycled to physiotherapy, then to work and then to a talk this evening, before coming home.
My ankle is a little swollen and my foot muscles are a bit sore, so I won’t cycle tomorrow, but it’s a great start ( Read more... ) -
Weird Dream
So, six weeks ago, I broke my ankle. I was out collecting plants for my class, wasn’t paying attention to where I was putting my feet, and was wearing rubber boots instead of winter boots- I basically stepped on a patch of ice, and went down. I don’t remember how I fell, but I must have gotten my leg under me.
It didn’t really hurt and once I got ( Read more... ) -
A month of Sundays
The new term has started and I've been overwhelmed with work. Once again, the material is new to me, or rather the last time I've worked with this material was in undergrad, so I've been doing a lot of review ( Read more... )