You’re grasping a vintage palm pilot,
When a Hoverfly lands! And while it
Licks salt and tastes ya
Record echinacea
With palm sweat, palm tears, palm pilot
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Ritualistic randomizer A machine of the organizer Shake up the pairing Instead of despairing Stale routine? Revitalize her!  Pollen Scraped off of bees But who did it come from? Saving flowers to check which one Matches! — Brimming Vials full of Orange, purples, yellows Bottles glowing in a sunbeam Dreamy    Watching the weather- Is this sprinkle the start of A massive downpour? – The weather channel Does not know the answer yet I am a bit damp – Lilies wet with rain Look yummy enough to eat Not allowed to taste  What is that weird shape In the prairie over there GPS monster  Waiting to deploy Tents for bees because We could be lightninged — Above 100 AQI Orange level alert How do you manage to stay alive During a field season, unhurt? – First of all expect To be somewhat Crabby and Tired. Your body is being wrecked Because Canada is on fire! – The first thing is clear- Drink so much more water! Not coffee, juice, or root beer Your hydration must not falter! – Driving around from site to site Use the Air Recirculation button! Windows open? That’s not right- Keep the smoke out and cleaner air shut in.  – Echinacea! licorice, ginger, peppermint, Supports the respiratory system. Make tea and inhale the steam for a minute To relax and help out your alveolar ecosystem! —  Slow start this morning drinking water as we waited for rain to pass so we could continue shooting ENRTF GPS points (we forgot it’s raincoat). After lunch we continued with more of the same work and saw some Heliopsis helianthoides conspiring with bees.  On a hill planting milkweed We know each plant’s mother. From every milkweed seed, Distinct one from one another. ____ Chocolate cake and thin mints For Alex’s last day! We’ll try to follow in her footprints And maybe make her stay. ____ Experiments in efficiency- Catching bugs the best way Practice until proficiency How do you catch bugs and make them stay…? ____ Emergence traps! are tents for bugs That they can not get out of So we can see each fuzzy mug And identify and count them up all up so we know which ones appreciate a post fire environment and which ones do not.  Pollinator Team, Echinacea Project 2023 B.S. Environmental Studies, Portland State University, 2023 Pronouns: she/they Research Interests I would like to focus my career on fuels reduction, prescribed fire in the west, and fire ecology, possibly doing more biological survey in post burn areas. I have experience in fuels reduction, wildland firefighting, trails, arborism, ecological restoration, and organic farming. Statement I am from Portland, Oregon and grew up right outside the city in Beaverton. I have worked all over the Pacific Northwest from Washington to California as well as coastal Maine. In my spare time I like to read, garden, go camping, and do crafts like carving, crocheting, mending, and weaving.  |
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