Acerbic Otter

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late-mid-career ecology prof, knitter and quilter, fan of cartoons and other non-grown-up stuff. Opinions are only my own. You might know me from other places based on Acerbic Otter or the fillyjonk handle I use some places. (She/her, if that's important for you to know).

I am Guess Culture rather than Ask Culture and I am Pointy rather than Round. I give too many hard effs about what other people think and feel so I often fall in a hole of self doubting

my bloghttp://fillyjonk.blogspot.com/
not the best plant photo I ever took, but I think this is Scutellaria drummondi.....a student spotted it on a recent field trip to the local reservoir. I didn't expect to see something like this there
Monarchs are migrating through here

the back parking lot at my building. The water is about 4" deep at the deepest point.

we also have roof leaks IN the building

#Noro #LinenStitch #Knitting
This is the "Crayon Etching" pullover (knit in linen stitch) being made from Noro "Aya" from deep in the stash. Still not sure how I feel about the colors....

China's now claiming the spy balloon is a "research vessel" that got blown off course.

IOW: "We just don't know WHAT went wrong"

She needs a whole chair for herself
Impulse purchase from yesterday: the new and VERY LORGE "Dare to Care" care bear
Starting to have all the feels about teaching Systematic Botany for the first time next week
I feel as if I accomplished nothing meaningful in 2022 but I also kind of feel