RT Fotopedia Magazine: Madagascar, the Red Island in the Indian Ocean, by Jean-Pierre Fayeulle fp.mu/pWLh8N

RT Telegraph Pictures: Weather pictures of the year 2011: lightning, auroras, snow and ice. tgr.ph/svfHmT

It'd be cool if the aurora borealis appears in VT. I'll look between weather systems rolling through.

Burlington VT Edge network seems to be down as of Sunday. AT&T folx friendly but slow.

En route to Emerald Isle beaches... On my birthday! Cheers all!

En route to beach... enjoying VA countryside

Beach last week was nice, hot with nice surf. Noah's had fun in the shade! Surf fishing-just a sm. shark, tho last day had lotsa pompano on!

busy trying to juggle beginning of semester activities - teaching lab course, so lots to do!

Been I'm the Catskill Mts at the Peck mushroom foray, with 100 others. Many species found, ate, and examined. http://yfrog.com/0ulunbj

Actually ran 50 minutes of hills today.. felt good. Been working too much to get out.. need to rearrange my priorities!

My TA Teage ran 2:23 in Chicago.. dude can RUN!

Let me know what time look is good for you and I'll put you on the calendar. Thx - Terry

Spring at last (though wet this week!)

Tool use in the Octopus's Garden (coconut shells as portable armor) : http://bit.ly/6gmZqo

Researchers find tarantulas can cling to vertical surfaces by secreting silk from their feet. http://bit.ly/m8JnZQ

Tiny parasitic wasp, 1 mm wingspan, filmed in flight - wasp is so small it hitches rides on the faces of other insects. http://bit.ly/iPyxH0

Hi Charlie, Re: High floral diversity in eastern deciduous forests. Two words: glacial refugia.