Dave flew in for a long weekend giving us a chance to catch up on all
of his news.
But first! There was a truffle
growing in the backyard! (Yes, truffles grow in Seattle.)
Figuring out what kind of truffle took plenty of concentration! It is probably Peziza ellipsospora, which, unfortunately, is Latin for 'inedible.' Maybe if we got a pig we could find a better variety.
News & Notes
Now for Dave's news: He has a new job in Chicago with a non-profit organization called Heartland Alliance. He has been hired to create two urban "farms" of two acres (total). They are very urban, located directly west of the Loop, and a few minutes from his apartment.
In the latest tetrapod news, Dan coauthored a paper "A Colosteid-Like Early Tetrapod from the St. Louis Limestone (Early Carboniferous, Meramecian), St. Louis, Missouri, USA" published in Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences, Number 5:17-39 [2012] from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
On a spectacular October afternoon in Myrtle Beach SC the lovely Evin Harano married the handsome Greg Bankhead. Evin is the daughter of Seattle friends Art and Carolyn Harano, and Greg is from Florence AL. They're techies who met through work, and they live in Dallas. We were delighted to score an invitation. We wish the Bankheads lifelong happiness!
Maid of Honor Torrie Harano, Evin and Greg Bankhead, Best Man Jon Rush
Ken and Shelley joined us in Vancouver for a beautiful fall weekend. All four of us successfully made it around Stanley park on bikes! During a walk through the VanDusen Botanical Garden we came across this charming exhibit by Nicole Dextras, called 'My Little Green Dress,' showing outfits made entirely from plant material. Very clever.
Brendan and Melissa also joined us for an equally lovely weekend in Vancouver.
Vancouver Touring Troops in Uniform
We are just back from a couple of weeks on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Beaches, volcanoes, botanical gardens, lounging on the lanai, and the famous observatories at the summit of Mauna Kea. The two round telescopes shown are owned by the Keck Observatory. By chance we had earlier met Mark Durré, the astronomer who observed this night from one of them.
Sunset on Mauna Kea
There are a few postcards from the trip, including a report on the tsunami.
