On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
I spent the better part of the day recovering from yesterday’s trip and a relatively late night on top of that. The weather was similar, with small rain squalls blowing through. In the afternoon the kids and I went out to Pioneer Park to enjoy a rather chilly faculty/staff end of the year picnic. On … Read more
The Sheldon Jackson College Environmental Science program organized a trip to Point Brown on Kruzof Island as a chance to have a fun outing at the end of the year. The trip was planned to take advantage of a very low tide. While most folks headed south from our drop off point to explore the … Read more
I left a little after 6am to get to the harbor and spend the better part of the day on Kruzof Island. On the way, I scared up a pair of Northern Flickers from a willow bush along the Crescent Harbor sidewalk. They flew up to a spruce tree near the parking lot and watched … Read more
It was a busy day, so I’ll just leave it at brief notes. Weather: partly cloudy in the morning, clouds held off until around noon. Rain showers moving through, windy out of the southeast. Thunderstorm, lightning flash a little after 10pm. Birds: yellowlegs (along river), Green-winged Teal (just a few), scattered sandpipers, gulls, cormorants, pair … Read more
It was a very busy day today. I took time between meeting with a student and my one class today to get out on a quick walk through the park. The rest of the day was spent in class or meeting with students. While out I was only able to take a couple of pictures … Read more
Weather: I headed down to class under overcast skies and noticed that it was one of those days where Mt. Edgecumbe seems to glow against the dark gray backdrop of clouds. It did not look like the sun was shining on Mt. Edgecumbe, but it is possible the overcast was thin enough to let a … Read more