We get lots of cool images from the cameras we use at University of Nebraska for our image-based water level measurement research. This latest one is new for me. My understanding is that it is a screech owl. Honestly, this is the funnest part of the job. Dr. Mary Harner collects all the images with something interesting in them from the Kearney Outdoor Learning Area (KOLA) she manages on Turkey Creek near the high school in Kearney, Nebraska. It truly is amazing what shows up and we feel like we are really getting to know the raccoon family who are some of our most frequent visitors.
Month: April 2024
Lorena found this in a file box today when she was looking for some tax documents for me. It reminded me of how proud we are of Christian’s hard work and dedication throughout his Bachelor’s and PhD degree and then on to his current research scientist position at MIT. As graduation approaches and we get invited to high school graduation ceremonies, it is nice to remember Christian graduated summa cum laude with an honors degree in Applied Mathematics from NCSU as his same age peers were graduating from high school. We are going to frame this and put it on the wall beside his diplomas.
We went all out yesterday for Easter. When I saw “we” went all out, I mean Lorena went all out and I helped, but mostly just got in the way. We cooked a ham–Lorena made an amazing glaze from scratch, she made scalloped potatoes, asparagus, croissants, and deviled eggs. It was truly a feast. We have decided we want to do this more often. Hopefully, we will be able to do this with Kelly, Christian, Grandma Conchita, and other friends again before too long. We do feel pretty isolated now, but plans art starting to form about what to do next. Of course, we have the Mexico projects and that is a big part of it, but we also have plans to get into a smaller house on a smaller lot closer to a town. It is hard to know where to go though. Mostly, we just want to be close to the kids.