The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity held an open house on February 16, 2008. This is a quick tour of the entomology displays with host Jerry, a high school student intern.
On this, the third day, we marched up Mt. Pisgah, saw Lake Willoughby from 1600 feet, and then walked down again.
On another day, we drove to Burlington for lunch. Then we searched bogs for moose, but had to be satisfied with a grouse. Not shown was our study of insects swarming around milkweed plants.
It was a beautiful, cool Maui morning at 3500 feet (1000 m) in Kula. Branches were gently lowered to protect the gardens beneath the tree. My brother Coursen was honored to trim trees planted by the managing landscape architect in 1969.
Our family vacation in 2007 began with a trip to pick up our son who had been studying insects and oceanography for two weeks at Stone Lab on Lake Erie. We got our messages crossed. We expected to pick him up on the island, but he had already taken the ferry to Sandusky. Despite the mix-up, we got some beautiful shots of the Stone Labs research facility.
I had the opportunity to take a week off. and decided to go visit my brother and help his with his tree trimming business. At night I would rest in the hot tub and watch the stars.
When on vacation, be sure to arise early on the morning after rain. For an hour or two, the mist enshrouded world takes on a magical quality. The mist will live a bit longer in the woods, so, by all means, go there.
A wren set up housekeeping in a hanging flower pot that our son gave his mom for mother's day.
Fitting tribute.
Could it be a Berwick's Wren?
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Our first lazy day of sitting around doing very little. We stayed in the Northeast Kingdom, a section of Vermont not too far from Quebec and New Hampshire.
