’round the mountain

This evening we needed to drop hobbitt’s “blue” car off at the mechanics for its 50k service. When we got back from our evening dog walk, I dropped him and the dogs off, and we drove both our cars over to Circle and Square. For some reason unknown to me, I began to sing as […]

the roots of epiphytic plants

You know what a plant root is, right? I thought I did. After all, I am a WSU-trained master gardener. Never mind that I detest gardening. Roots are the main water-absorbing structures of plants. And while they’re present on most plants, it’s not true for all. Wolfiella, the tiniest of the duckweeds, for example, never […]

winding trails

hobbitt and I attended a lecture by Nalini Nadkarni today as part of the School of Athens series. To say that she was a brilliant speaker is an understatement. She talked not so much about her work (specifically, the study of epiphytes living in rainforest canopies and their role in nutrient absorption and distribution) but […]