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It’s been a month since I posted but it like an eternity. What has been going on since Mother’s Day you ask?
First Peter came to visit for two and a half glorious weeks. Sadly I was still in classes we didn’t get to do much traveling. However, we did join my Grandmother, Mother and Gene on a birding trip through Malheur National Wildlife Reservation. It was gorgeous and well infested with mosquitoes. I saw many new birds, such as the Yellow Headed Blackbird and Bobolink. The drive out there from Corvallis was agony but worth it. On our way home we spent a night in Bend at my Grandmother’s so we could have a leisurely trip through the McKenzie pass with lots of exploration stops.
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- Yellow Headed Blackbird
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- Cinnamon Teal
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- Family Portrait
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- Me with Hard Cider @ St Francis School in Bend
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- Peter and I in front of the Three Sisters
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- Peter and I at Sahalie Falls
After Peter left school became my main focus and nearly overwhelmed me. At one point I nearly decided to take my master’s and hot foot it back to Australia but good sense prevailed. I will stick it out though I retain some bitter, angry feelings about it.
Now that the term is finally done I will turn back to my long forgotten research in hopes that I will have something to publish by the end of the summer! Tomorrow I return to Australia for a 3 week vacation but will spend some time at ARI working and chatting with my dear Aussie friends that I have missed terribly.
Now, I just have to pack.
