tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55174249757598943202024-03-05T10:44:42.086-08:00The Mossy NestIn which a book-loving, tea-drinking, cat-and-dog-loving nerdy scientist curls up in her nest to muse on things read, things eaten, things seen, things madepatrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-44388646662336078062023-06-03T13:32:00.003-07:002023-06-03T13:32:44.453-07:00Saguaro Blooms<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MxUI-RCqicyI1jZPU8wIBndOcGpSBXl1CcGPO3D4_2LC5WtbFLOAqsNOjUAE8bYu9NL9KlA8-giEAWeSkea4h8iy8Ympc6qmLmWXFEhSj4k68fSKrkUIDB3eWYYqbbaBtNgCbT1gkjXHQ52V_CQSQZUaJ_FHjSjYfA1wIF36XzcGpGvBUrTp62YOFw/s4032/C40D91DB-AD6D-4B39-9D06-F22BF0C796ED.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MxUI-RCqicyI1jZPU8wIBndOcGpSBXl1CcGPO3D4_2LC5WtbFLOAqsNOjUAE8bYu9NL9KlA8-giEAWeSkea4h8iy8Ympc6qmLmWXFEhSj4k68fSKrkUIDB3eWYYqbbaBtNgCbT1gkjXHQ52V_CQSQZUaJ_FHjSjYfA1wIF36XzcGpGvBUrTp62YOFw/w480-h640/C40D91DB-AD6D-4B39-9D06-F22BF0C796ED.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Saguaro blooms in May mean that summer in the desert is here. Within just a week or two, the blooms fade, and then the fruit will grow. The Thong O'odham and ancestors eat the fruit. Amazingly, the saguaro has tiny, tiny seeds. Birds like the Gila woodpecker and cactus wren love to make their nests in holes in the saguaro. And it grows nowhere else on earth but here in the Sonora Desert.</p>patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-75236210455328114082023-02-13T19:59:00.009-08:002023-02-13T20:00:34.821-08:00Sandhill Cranes<p>The wonderful sandhill cranes stop briefly in Arizona on their migration north to their breeding grounds. I've been saying for about 30 years that I want to go see them. 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One quarter puppy, three-quarters adult. <p></p>patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-41745195622225222452022-07-23T12:32:00.007-07:002022-07-23T12:34:29.502-07:00New Camera Experiments<p> I recently bought a DSLR, and am having way too much fun. It's a Canon Rebel t7 and it's perfect--light enough to hold in one hand, even with a 200 mm lens on it. My love pop photography has been totally reignited. My old rules are back though--no filters, no Photoshop, only a brown filter if needed (I live in the desert, glare is a big problem), and only cropping. My goals have always been to show reality. That means some photos may not be good in the opinion of others, but it will always be real.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTj4QxHlNVcXNQgHqtALxTwECm5voTPLwY5bGLgetNFvREDuY56vQOsuelKU5byGnc6143-SZALUTasl_MhGlVftFE7eM2DhnKbt_KsGi-5Jz4WiRIYuEKJ2rU4fnlb0qtHp9ByfDz7F7ZMFeSFxxX7ZBvLAGnOQIAcdhzwB7F-G85nJIucq_lXr4sw/s1920/9AE12802-7331-49A0-8476-070AA16FB359.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTj4QxHlNVcXNQgHqtALxTwECm5voTPLwY5bGLgetNFvREDuY56vQOsuelKU5byGnc6143-SZALUTasl_MhGlVftFE7eM2DhnKbt_KsGi-5Jz4WiRIYuEKJ2rU4fnlb0qtHp9ByfDz7F7ZMFeSFxxX7ZBvLAGnOQIAcdhzwB7F-G85nJIucq_lXr4sw/w640-h426/9AE12802-7331-49A0-8476-070AA16FB359.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4APsgbmoNLermBFnw04Z0VopQyGoHYAd85HEwDpC9_zlB0qwV7JOcHanKZqgh6VLjeY57tmJw9_ch6dyw_INenP-FlXbg4rLVACvZHgl65rYlXtrqchbkza4EnIVq99aDUIGMFG0k2a-ey8ZBsndny56tAZUCYnhYX_M8Ye_FAPYf6ktUkZjIn4z9Sw/s1920/E145423D-2AB9-44BB-A938-7481E0103A34.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4APsgbmoNLermBFnw04Z0VopQyGoHYAd85HEwDpC9_zlB0qwV7JOcHanKZqgh6VLjeY57tmJw9_ch6dyw_INenP-FlXbg4rLVACvZHgl65rYlXtrqchbkza4EnIVq99aDUIGMFG0k2a-ey8ZBsndny56tAZUCYnhYX_M8Ye_FAPYf6ktUkZjIn4z9Sw/w640-h426/E145423D-2AB9-44BB-A938-7481E0103A34.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-11106575767117092702022-07-20T12:51:00.001-07:002022-07-20T12:51:15.443-07:00Four Years<p>It's been fours years since I wrote anything. I cannot believe fours years have flown by. Life threw way too many curveballs my way: too many deaths, the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic--just too much at warp speed. I barely kept my head above water. No apologies, no guilt. This blog was not a priority. We will all just keep moving forward, one day at a time.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjJw1ztqr-PMjs1AHeadtFoPRSVYYlzoPYMh3pkVK4TnrX8Ebxt-MQeCbh11XB0YKok-fTtCPZtqZPyUMivAbaLZqeSr9LUtGjBPaI6KlzZwHhq7v1TvPfgcIawWEZilobdWTOh9kLDLlo2NppneiEiu43OPVmHsFzx3d51QZvHk3QI_2V7IWGGTGOQ/s1920/11063960-F09A-4053-B2DA-6BE759E8C293.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjJw1ztqr-PMjs1AHeadtFoPRSVYYlzoPYMh3pkVK4TnrX8Ebxt-MQeCbh11XB0YKok-fTtCPZtqZPyUMivAbaLZqeSr9LUtGjBPaI6KlzZwHhq7v1TvPfgcIawWEZilobdWTOh9kLDLlo2NppneiEiu43OPVmHsFzx3d51QZvHk3QI_2V7IWGGTGOQ/w640-h426/11063960-F09A-4053-B2DA-6BE759E8C293.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-40154003303399560542018-12-29T08:01:00.001-08:002018-12-29T08:01:38.791-08:00In Memoriam: David AustinI love roses; they are my favorite flower. So it is with great sadness that I note the passing of a single man who revolutionized the rose world: David Austin. His obituary in the New York Times can be read <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/obituaries/david-austin-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront">here</a>. Photos to honor his contribution to modern roses:<br />
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-78873125409762714922018-11-17T06:41:00.001-08:002018-11-17T06:41:16.138-08:00In Celebration of ScienceI haven't published a science-related post in a long time, but today, we must celebrate the long-wished -for realization of a dream: the real definition (for now) of a kilogram. The New York Times summarizes it far better than I could here, in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/science/kilogram-physics-measurement.html">The Kilogram is Dead. Long Live the Kilogram!</a> This won't affect kitchen scales or, sadly, my bathroom scale, but for nerdy scientists working in physics and astronomy and astro-engineering and on the theoretical edges of many disciplines, it will affect their theories and instrumentation. So, today, let's celebrate the mighty yet lowly kilogram, and those scientists who spent decades working to more accurately define it. Long like the K!patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-50633146821182322782018-08-27T15:47:00.001-07:002018-08-27T15:47:14.473-07:00Summer in the Desert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-87738207533380962442018-05-04T13:48:00.001-07:002018-05-04T13:48:58.357-07:00Desert Roses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-55796869613420114842018-03-12T15:04:00.000-07:002018-03-12T15:04:08.156-07:00Spring TimeIt's spring time!<br />
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-50968640810738187272018-01-25T19:14:00.001-08:002018-01-25T19:14:17.543-08:00Recent MealsI haven't done a meal post in a while, so here are some shots of what's recently been cooking in the Nest.<br />
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New Year's Eve dinner centered on a cheese smorgasbord--goat with raspberries, sheep, brie, and Stilton with peaches; artichoke dip; black-eyed peas; salmon and brisket.<br />
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Butternut squash galette.<br />
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Thanksgiving dinner, with carrots cooked with lemon and herbs.<br />
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Kielbasa with cabbage, potatoes, spinach, and navy beans.<br />
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Turkey meatballs with a green bean salad.patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-41719454169142683472017-12-29T18:21:00.001-08:002017-12-29T18:21:52.486-08:00Christmas Day HikeMy tradition is to hike on Christmas or New Year's. The 2017 hike:<br />
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-9056186876858353642017-12-22T08:40:00.004-08:002017-12-22T08:40:55.283-08:002017 Christmas Tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-42632084844369223922017-10-01T16:24:00.000-07:002017-10-01T16:24:00.709-07:00Dream VacationBainbridge Island and Seattle, Washington, September 2017<br />
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-71232383542093223962017-09-22T21:02:00.004-07:002017-09-22T21:03:14.303-07:00Last Autumn Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-81748380591164476822017-09-12T20:47:00.000-07:002017-09-12T20:47:50.793-07:00Hatching Hummingbirds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-63895357593870807102017-09-03T15:45:00.002-07:002017-09-03T15:45:39.807-07:00August Roses at Sunrise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-31645703171316988142017-08-06T15:39:00.001-07:002017-08-06T15:39:22.827-07:00Desert SkiesSummer in the desert is most notable for the sunsets. The summer rains mean that the Maxfield Parrish colors often take on a special depth when contrasted with lingering storm clouds. I've been trying to capture some of that contrast. I need to keep trying, but this inspiration makes it easy. And each night it's a different saturated color bomb.<br />
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-46213471240818389732017-07-02T13:06:00.000-07:002017-07-02T13:06:38.489-07:00Nine Months? Felt Like Nine DaysPhew, an awful lot has happened in the past nine months. New job, new career, business trips, some side gigs. Not much of an excuse, but working four part-time jobs after getting laid off was exhausting. The relief of a brand new job in a brand new career was exhilarating and exhausting. The slow drain of all that worry and stress and adrenaline was exhausting. And now the unseasonably long run of very high summer temperatures is exhausting.<br />
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I discovered that even though I largely defined myself by my career, I was able to re-define myself and begin again, moving forward in multiple directions. Luckily I've never been one to have all my eggs in one basket, so I had what were formerly side jobs that turned into new paths. It wasn't easy and it took time and perseverance, but I'm proud of my resilience.<br />
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I discovered that I am getting older, and age is starting to take a toll on my body. Maintaining my health was one thing I ignored during 2016, and I need to make it a priority again.<br />
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So how about a pretty photo or two to reflect on the past nine months of craziness?<br />
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-54330031964954068222016-09-05T09:17:00.003-07:002016-09-05T09:17:37.226-07:00Late summer rosesOne of my rose bushes seems to have died. We had almost 7 inches of rain followed by some blistering heat, so I can't be certain if it drowned or burned. I'm trying to baby it along, but I lost a rose in this same location 5 years ago. However, here are some late summer roses from the public rose garden to ease my pain.<br />
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<br />patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-48857336599643865832016-07-30T08:59:00.002-07:002016-07-30T08:59:27.260-07:00Mud is FunDudley in heaven.<br />
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Zima joined in for some fun, too.<br />
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My life as a terrible housekeeper is justified by my life as a dog lover. Or, I just blame the dogs.patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-3307807098030380272016-07-27T14:48:00.000-07:002016-07-30T08:56:04.783-07:00Cleaning HouseI hate housework. But it has been borne upon me that I have too much stuff that is useless. I don't have a lot of clothes, and last year I donated almost 2 dozen pairs of shoes, but there is a lot of paper in this house. And out here in the desert, there is a lot of dust. Lots of paper + lots of dust = need to dust Usually I avoid dusting by simply not dusting. But I have decided that no, that is no longer acceptable. And so I cleaned two and a half bookshelves and recycled magazines that I was keeping for no good reason other than that maybe, someday, there might be a need to look something up in them. (I know, I know, it's all online know if I need to find something, but the Luddite in me sputters "How we will do research of the electricity fails? Or the apocalypse happens and the internet disappears?" This is a real dialogue I have with myself, folks. Sad, isn't it?)<br />
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Proof: Half of 15 years' worth of various magazines about to get tossed. I felt very empowered.<br />
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Next up: receipts and paid bills--I'm coming for you.patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-30551873457978604172016-07-11T16:16:00.000-07:002016-07-11T16:16:11.524-07:00French Tomato TartWhat to do with an overabundance of fresh beefsteak tomatoes? Here is the perfect, simple answer.<br />
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(Just search this recipe title only and you'll find the recipe I used.)patrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.com0