water flower

One of the plants in our aquarium has been blooming lately.....neat!

Just some old pics that I love

A Cerambycid (Longhorned beetle) from a vacation we took with my parents and my brother a while back...

















A teeeeeeeny little bee. It was really only about 6 or 7 mm long.




















Yes. I love coffee. Especially while on vacation as we were here.

















Just a pic from our old garden on a nice sunny day. 

The Museum!

A while back, Brian and I took the kids out to the Museum...they had been working on a lot of changes and WOW was it nice. The kids had a great time.

Korean delegation and our family/friends weekend brunch

Last week I gave a presentation to a visiting delegation from Korea (South) on the work we do in plant quarantine. They were quite happy with the content and also asked many many many questions. It was somewhat akin to a horrible interview held in a language other than one of your choosing.

I guess they were pleased since they offered (and I took it!) a present. It is a really nice travel manicure and hygeine set. Nice case! I'm pretty pleased.

We went to brunch at a new restaraunt near home on the weekend. It has great food, a nice atmosphere and friends of ours know the owners! They even has story reading that the kids tried (relatively successfully) to listen to. Check out The Branch!