Last couple of weeks

Sooooo....since I've last posted, I've been really busy at work and then managed to get sick. I took a couple of days off work to recooperate which was really nice (made some flowers!). Also, one of my girl friends turned 30 and we stayed in Mobile for the night to hit the clubs--7 girls and alcohol always make for a good evening!

I've actually had the chance to make a bunch of flowers lately...yeah!!! I've been working on fantasy flowers which have allowed me to get a bit creative and play with color combinations, and petal and leaf shapes. Here's a picture of some of the flowers I've been making.

Another thing, which I think I may try tonight, is the tiling I mentioned before. I've finally gotten all the things I need and am a little nervous about ripping apart my kitchen for this. Hopefully all goes well!

The Working Life

For the last week and a half I've been madly doing the winter quarter of the salt panne sampling for work. I have 4 pannes at the GBNERR and 2 on Deer Island Coastal Preserve. Salt pannes are high salinity areas in the mid to high marsh that have fairly unique plant and animal communities. I've been working on the Deer Island pannes this week doing some small mammal trapping, so I thought I'd post a picture of one of my sites and one of the boats I get to drive--Deer Islands is in the background. Sometimes my traps are sprung by things other than mammals and I find a very colorful, pissed-off land crab.