Here and there

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Don’t worry blog I really haven’t completely forgotten you.  Actually there is some neat stuff in the works…

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No really, there is.  I just have this huge paper to write called a thesis so I am a bit tied up right now.

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So the best I can do is post a couple of pictures of trees I took in the park…

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Oh and we went camping this summer too…

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I can’t decide if it is better black and white or full color.

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And now, of course, it’s fall… so maybe I will be able to get out a bit and see some color.  That would be nice.

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But let’s not forget the bats -they are, after all, the whole reason my time has been taken up.  But I really have enjoyed working with them.

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I think this Red bat sums it up well… just like him I will slip back into the darkness and leave everyone wondering, “just where does he go?”…

After the storm

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After it’s all over the sun comes out again… but tonight the moon was closer…

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Soon I hope I will have more time to get back to the blog again but only time will tell.

At last -the lake…

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We scurry to get the project started -productivity depends on the wind, rain, and the blunders of bats.  Predicable for sure…  One of the great things about grad school is you never know what new, exciting project will turn up next.  So it is for my buddy and I as we were handed an interesting project this spring.  I has nothing to do with either of our thesis research projects but has managed absorb every spare moment and energy resource we have had over the last month or two.  It will be a fantastic advancement -if only we can actually pull it off.

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The past couple of weeks I have found myself lodged on the shores of Lake Erie in northern Ohio.  I love the wildlife and the lake can be beautiful -but I haven’t had much time to observe.

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Luckily, one night this past week was far too windy to chase after bats and I was able to grab my camera and hit the beach.

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I nabbed a few pictures before the sun sunk too low.

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Life never moves slow these days -this week I start the final season of field work for my thesis project and try to keep the work at the lake moving forward.  Regardless, I think the worst of the time crunch is over and perhaps someday soon I will be able to find the rest of my life again.

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Dear Blog,

I really haven’t forgotten you -I just have this problem.  I’m in grad school.  It wouldn’t be so bad but they make me work for my keep around here.  I know it sounds like just another excuse, but I really have been quite busy.  That’s not to say I haven’t come up with anything relevant to post -it’s just that I haven’t actually gotten it done.  Don’t worry though.  I will put up a new post very… or well… sometime soon anyway.

Your Friend,

-Andrew