The biology club on campus is having their annual (or maybe bi-annual) plant sale. I’ve purchased stuff from them before. They get their wares from nurseries in the area that donate their less-than-pristine goods to the club. The stuff is in fine shape – it’s just a little … disheveled, say. This year, they got… Continue reading Drosera
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Golfing and Frisbee – a fun dream
The professor was out this weekend doing field work with his biogeography class. They went to a frisbee golf course. The plan was to measure the density of the California Poppy as a function of distance from the goal peg (or whatever the disc golfers call it). It was a gorgeous weekend. He was describing… Continue reading Golfing and Frisbee – a fun dream
A bit of a downturn…..
A couple things… My desktop computer has had a “thermal event”. Overheated. Now it will not boot. I have to take it all apart – reseat all the cables and fans and cards and hope for the best. Could be awhile… Standby. I was rear-ended driving into San Franciso this evening. Right in the… Continue reading A bit of a downturn…..
I am an iPad owner
Yup. I signed up to reserve an iPad. Went in to Santa Rosa on April 3 and picked it up. It’s the 64Gb Wi-Fi version. Did not camp out at the mall to wait for the store to open in order to get the device as soon as possible. But I was warned that if… Continue reading I am an iPad owner
Route 1 to San Francisco
(more catching up) Wednesday, March 31, was Cesar Chavez Day. An actual holiday observed at SSU – not rolled up into a Monday/3-day-weekend thing. So we drove out to the coast and down Route 1 into Marin county. It was a very rainy windy day! No photos. The road winds and twists along the coast,… Continue reading Route 1 to San Francisco
Weekend in Chico
(catching up)…. March 27 – trip to Chico, CA to visit K’s engaged daughter and take pix of her and fiancé for their use in wedding invitations. View Larger Map One of the best parts of the weekend was the drive up there and back. Instead of taking Interstate-5, we drove back roads. Through Calistoga,… Continue reading Weekend in Chico
Tax refunds received
Direct deposit to the bank. California and Federal within 2 days of each other. That was quick! Yay!
Time to get gardening (redux)
The seeds are ordered. From Johnny’s Seeds, in Maine! I know, shipping seeds from Maine to California. Silly. But it was the first seed place on the internet that had Kabocha squash seeds. Had them last year because my prof found them growing in his garden from the compost he used. Turns out I like… Continue reading Time to get gardening (redux)
Korbel winery tour
Last Sunday, we took the tour of the Korbel – as in champagne – winery, in Guerneville. Korbel has a few billboards around the area advertising themselves as “voted – the best winery tour”. So, what the heck… The tour is free. They give you some family history of the Korbel brothers who started the… Continue reading Korbel winery tour
The work environment here….
Sonoma State University has been raided by the FBI, on questions of financial dealings with money obtained from grants from the Federal dept of HHS. Since my position is funded on federal money (from NSF, not HHS), I might wonder if the university has a history of negligence around handling federal grant money it receives. … Continue reading The work environment here….