They’ve found another mature American chestnut tree that appears to be resistant to the chestnut blight!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/american-chestnut-tree-find-1.4468043
This is extremely good news. Until the chestnut blight, chestnut trees were the predominant tree in eastern North America. They hope to breed this one with others.
up early getting ready to go back to volunteering-work, eating a banana and drinking chai 'cause I'm not going to stop at Safeway to get chai on the way 'cause I'm getting a Lyft 'cause it's icy out there and I would prefer to avoid a quarter-mile walk along an icy unlit road with no sidewalk and plenty of traffic 'cause I would like to *reduce* my chances of dying this morning
this song makes me feel good... (Glitch Mob, "Our Demons") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkvOLB7Yzhs
watched the second Doctor Who/Dalek "movie" (with Peter Cushing, and it was SO WEIRD seeing him NOT blowing up Alderann [sorry, spoilers]) RiffTrax with Spouse, and it was pretty horrible but funny with the commentary. now waiting for 8 pm to roll around so I can feed the cats and head to bed. tomorrow morning, I'll be heading back to volunteering! and we'll see if there's anything there to work on, heh.
I found this Sabertooth Squirrel print in Portland. I had to have it. It might be the start of a squirrel collection. #weirdart
first to-do list of 2018 COMPLETE!!
+ dishes
+ clean & refill hummingbird feeder
+ mark calendar for volunteer days this month
+ call to refill Rx
+ lunchfood
+ order FODMAP guide book
+ scoop catboxes
? take down tree? (nope)
that counts as completing all the things! yay me! :D
took out litter bag and some recycling. the trash hasn't been picked up in... a while, and the dumpsters are both piled high. on the other claw, I had to crack an ice seal to open the lid to the recycling dumpster. :P
have volunteering scheduled for Wed and Fri mornings. looking at the weather forecast... I may have to Lyft in. yay scary black ice and darkness conditions on that last stretch of road. >____<
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