Tickets to OZ!
It's official, husband and I are off to adventure in Australia beginning March 25th. I could not be more excited!! Oh, all of you adorable little Egernia depressas, you won't even know what hit you.
I may spend some time looking for some strangely Sonorini-esque snakes as well - here is an Australian Simoselaps on the top and a Chilomeniscus from Baja California on the bottom. Amazingly similar, aren't they? I love convergence.
We will be in the field for at least 5 weeks doing a very large loop through the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia, and I will be in heaven the whole time. It will be so warm (yay, southern hemisphere!)! I'm probably never happier than I am when in the field.
In other news, we are basically riding out the end of my first North Country winter, which is fine except for the aforementioned "ice on sidewalks that people refuse to shovel/salt responsibly" that threatens my life daily. I haven't fallen yet, but I slide around every day in adrenaline-inducing panic. I should just stop walking with my computer in my bag, it would mellow me out a lot. The highlight of the week was when the city finally sent a snow plow down our street - the first all winter.
We have also signed up to do some local salamander surveys before we leave, which should be a lot of fun since everything here is (fairly) new to me. I can't wait to re-find the giant toad that lives in the rock pile in our backyard, too! Perhaps next time I'll post a little about the garden I have planned for summer installation....
I may spend some time looking for some strangely Sonorini-esque snakes as well - here is an Australian Simoselaps on the top and a Chilomeniscus from Baja California on the bottom. Amazingly similar, aren't they? I love convergence.
We will be in the field for at least 5 weeks doing a very large loop through the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia, and I will be in heaven the whole time. It will be so warm (yay, southern hemisphere!)! I'm probably never happier than I am when in the field.
In other news, we are basically riding out the end of my first North Country winter, which is fine except for the aforementioned "ice on sidewalks that people refuse to shovel/salt responsibly" that threatens my life daily. I haven't fallen yet, but I slide around every day in adrenaline-inducing panic. I should just stop walking with my computer in my bag, it would mellow me out a lot. The highlight of the week was when the city finally sent a snow plow down our street - the first all winter.
We have also signed up to do some local salamander surveys before we leave, which should be a lot of fun since everything here is (fairly) new to me. I can't wait to re-find the giant toad that lives in the rock pile in our backyard, too! Perhaps next time I'll post a little about the garden I have planned for summer installation....
Yay!!!! Alison is blogging!!
ReplyDeleteYou are firmly embedded in my blog reader, so you had better keep posting! I'm so excited about your trip to Australia! (but not about your -3 degree weather).
Please do not hit all the "adorable little Egernia depressas". They will be far less adorable when squished. Thank you.
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