Paradise Valley Road (302/365)
October 29, 2015 – I took a drive up to Squamish to visit a fish hatchery I don’t often have the opportunity to get to since it’s usually supported by another biologist. I love this stretch, the way...
View ArticleWhat part of “Man-Cold” don’t you understand? (303/365)
October 30, 2015 – Look out…I passed my cold on…..
View ArticleHappy Hallowe’en (304/365)
October 31, 2015 – When I was a kid, Dad would do up the pumpkins. In later years he started doing multiples, and since moving out and doing our own, I’ve carried on the tradition and we always do...
View ArticleWinner! (305/365)
November 1, 2015 – I spent today scanning photos of Dad for Friday, and it was a trip down memory lane. So although I did not physically pick up my camera and take a photo, I did nothing but work with...
View ArticleIf you want to feel small…. (306/365)
November 2, 2015 – ….just stand nose to nose with a blue whale skeleton. I found the time this afternoon to take a trip out to UBC to sit in on a seminar on fish physiology in relation to environmental...
View ArticleHuevos! (307/365)
November 3, 2015 – No reason for the photo, not much to say. Just a carton of eggs from the side. A carton of eggs I didn’t need but I forgot to suspend my weekly home delivery order and ended up with...
View ArticleLevel (308/365)
November 4, 2015 – The only things in this home that are level are those that have been renovated/installed in the past two years since we bought it. We live in the crooked house. Sixty five years will...
View ArticleHeat Source (309/365)
November 5, 2015 – The weather has turned cool and the nights just feel chilly, particularly now that daylight savings is gone and it’s suddenly and shockingly dark early. Put that all together and it...
View ArticleQuiet Goodbyes (310/365)
November 6, 2015 – I’m feeling anything but eloquent this late at night, and after the past couple of days I just feel a little bit like I am surviving, nothing more. Everything seems disjointed. Today...
View ArticleTiny pops of flavour (311/365)
November 7, 2015 – A year or so ago I watched a YouTube video that showed a rather(I thought) unorthodox way of seeding a pomegranate. I tried it, and it worked, and now whenever pomegranates are in...
View ArticleJust a pile of pins (312/365)
November 8, 2015 – Not much to say today, it was a quiet Sunday, and that’s just what was needed. The last five weeks have been full of sadness and reflection, and I’m sure that won’t end for some...
View ArticleCity by the sea (313/365)
November 9, 2015 – On the drive home this evening I could see that it was going to be a beautiful sunset, so I asked Kirk to take a detour down to Ambleside instead of heading home up the hill. After a...
View ArticleColour! (314/365)
November 10, 2015 – Kirk says I don’t have enough colour in my life, I thought I’d try to work on that 😉
View ArticleThe Glorious Dead (315/365)
November 11, 2015 – When I was a young girl the Remembrance Day ceremonies took place at school. Then there was a long gap while I didn’t observe the Remembrance. There is an age when we all look away...
View ArticleAlma Mater (316/365)
November 12, 2015 – Today was the second of two guest lectures I was giving to a class in my old faculty. Their course is on stress and coping in animals and I was providing a different aspect on that...
View ArticleEgg Picking (317/365)
November 13, 2015 – Egg picking is a thankless, repetitive, tedious job. But the benefits in reducing losses from fungus are worth the effort. In any batch of eggs, some will not survive and they can...
View ArticleYKK (318/365)
November 14, 2015 – I was not in the mood for much of anything today, the blinding pain caused me to have a full meltdown in the morning, but it seems to have lessened a bit now. As my new Director...
View ArticleThe World Within (319/365)
November 15, 2015 – We managed to get out to the last day of the Circle Craft Christmas Fair at the Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre. I love the moving art inside the centre, the huge suspended...
View ArticleAnd then it went dark…. (321/365)
November 17, 2015 – Out my front door this evening, the wind has taken away the lights…. I have been chased by power outages all day. First out at Cultus Lake Lab where we were spawning fish lab, but...
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