Okay, so ordinarily outreach astronomy isn’t my jam. I just really don’t have a bent toward teaching, though I am ever grateful for all those out there who do. But this recent Annular Eclipse had an interesting confluence of events for me that made me realize again that, of all of the sciences, I’m grateful my path took me to Astronomy. I do think that Astronomy is super great. It’s also a lot more accessible than you might expect, both…
See Previous | See Next This week the foliage on the trees has turned beautifully golden so that my garden feels filled up with sunlight. We finally got our Halloween decorations out, and all of the leaves falling and filling up my driveway have made a great mulch for tucking in my roses (provided they don’t all blow away in the next wind storm). Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years I’m a little surprised to see how many photos…
When’s the last time you played with milkweed seeds? They’re so fluffy and soft!
See Previous | See Next This week things definitely feel and look like fall, even though the days have still been pretty warm. I’ve been neglecting my planter-box flowers, but the snapdragons continue blooming prettily regardless, undaunted. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows this is definitely the time of year when the echinacea, whose flowers have been turning so scraggly brown, make a fall-foliage comeback with pretty, yellow leaves that offset the brown stems and seed heads so…
My husband is awesome.
Now that we’ve reached the end of the season, I wanted to show you a round-up of all my pretty roses. I can’t say that I’m an excellent rose gardener. My primary gardening technique is to keep planting things until some things don’t die, and that’s pretty much the same approach I use with my roses. This means 1) I have kind of a random assortment and 2) I count things as a success even if I get only two…
See Previous | See Next This week was pear-picking week (for a pear-picking hour; there were disconcertingly few pears this year), as fall proceeds apace. As promised, I do have one rose to show off, which the squirrel has mysteriously decided to leave unmolested. Viking Queen can be a bit floppy (for me anyway), but her roses are always so lovely, especially these late season ones. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows last year’s Viking Queen, as well…
If you find yourself nodding off in a talk about solar flare(s), know that it’s not the speaker’s fault. It’s the solar flare(s).
Remember: Just about any topic of scientific research can be made fascinating by the right speaker. Except solar flares. You’ve been warned.
See Previous | See Next This week my one, shy cyclamen is blooming while most of everything else not in planter boxes is headed to seed – very October-y. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years has a note or two about late re-blooming roses, which I might get to follow-up again this year, depending on whether the last bud gets eaten by the squirrel or not. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years there’s also a hint about snow…