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General update
Jul. 15th, 2017 08:09 pm1) I've spent five glorious days doing botanical surveying in Dalarna. I really enjoy that kind of work - a five-by-five kilometer square, and you're supposed to spend a day noting down as many vascular plant species as you can. Things I enjoy about it: being outdoors, using skills learned over many years, going swimming in cold water when you're sweaty, making lists and adding to scientific knowledge, that little jolt of happiness when you see a new species for the first time, being with other people who share your interest, learning from and teaching them. ♥
2) Before that I was a week with my family (mom, dad, sister, sister's boyfriend, my niece, my parents' dog) at my parents' summer place. It was good--only one political quarrel and one family quarrel in a week. Especially good to spend lazy time with my sister without having to feel that we have to take advantage of every moment because we only have a short time. Also interesting to see my niece growing and bonding more with her; she is now a little over two.
3) An acquaintance of mine has died while on a trip to the Faroe islands with a bryological society. An 80-year-old man who was also on the trip lost his footing and fell towards him, and they both fell ten meters down into a ravine. My acquaintance broke his neck immediately, and the other man was seriously injured. Also my best friend's dad has cancer, though with a fairly good prognosis. I guess I'm feeling the fragility of life.
2) Before that I was a week with my family (mom, dad, sister, sister's boyfriend, my niece, my parents' dog) at my parents' summer place. It was good--only one political quarrel and one family quarrel in a week. Especially good to spend lazy time with my sister without having to feel that we have to take advantage of every moment because we only have a short time. Also interesting to see my niece growing and bonding more with her; she is now a little over two.
3) An acquaintance of mine has died while on a trip to the Faroe islands with a bryological society. An 80-year-old man who was also on the trip lost his footing and fell towards him, and they both fell ten meters down into a ravine. My acquaintance broke his neck immediately, and the other man was seriously injured. Also my best friend's dad has cancer, though with a fairly good prognosis. I guess I'm feeling the fragility of life.
