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Univex - 1Univex Model A2020-07-27T17:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/11/i-is-for-agnes-ibbetson-plant-physiologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/48f66-ibbetson01.jpgibbetson012020-07-27T17:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/31/cameras-from-a-to-z/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ee798-april-calendar5b20145d-updated.jpgAPRIL-CALENDAR+2014+-+updated2020-07-27T17:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/09/h-is-for-hit-and-for-haeg/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/7f2eb-h.jpgHhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3a038-hit-tougodo-3.jpgHit - Tougodo - 3https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f5e06-hit-tougodo-2.jpgHit - Tougodo - 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6038b-hit-tougodo-1.jpgHit - Tougodo - 1The Hit camerahttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1dc3c-haeg-ii-series-ii-ernemann-2-e1397000787435.jpgHaeg II Series II - Ernemann - 2The lens of the Haeg II camera.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6b090-haeg-ii-series-ii-ernemann-1.jpgHaeg II Series II - Ernemann - 1The Haeg II Series II 2020-07-27T17:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/22/s-is-for-steky/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/8286f-s.jpgShttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d14db-steky-riken-3.jpgSteky - Riken - 3The Steky camerahttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cae68-steky-riken-2.jpgSteky - Riken - 2This is the original Steky model, made in 1947. Otherwise the model name would be written on the side.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/37f4e-steky-riken-1.jpgSteky - Riken - 1Astoundingly, this lens was interchangeable.2020-07-27T17:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/09/26/pegmatites-and-bubblegum/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/32e4a-andersenrosesm.jpgAndersen+rose+sm2020-07-27T17:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/02/b-is-for-brownie/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/23696-b.jpgBhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/720a2-brownie-six-20-kodak-3.jpgBrownie Six-20 - Kodak - 3And this one has a convenient shutter lock.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/deba8-brownie-six-20-kodak-2.jpgBrownie Six-20 - Kodak - 2Inside are instructions for loading the film.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4f3c7-brownie-six-20-kodak-1.jpgBrownie Six-20 - Kodak - 1The Brownie Six-20.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4723e-brownie-127-kodak-2.jpgBrownie 127 - Kodak - 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/264c8-brownie-127-kodak-1.jpgBrownie 127 - Kodak - 1https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/32648-brownie-kodak-2.jpgBrownie - Kodak - 2The most familiar Brownie cameras are the box cameras.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4eae4-brownie-automatic-kodak-3.jpgBrownie Automatic - Kodak - 3It's artwork, and functional.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/39e47-brownie-automatic-kodak-2.jpgBrownie Automatic - Kodak - 2The Brownie Automatic Type 1. A folding camera manufactured in https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/27979-brownie-automatic-kodak-1.jpgBrownie Automatic - Kodak - 1This really doesn't look much like what we consider a camera today.2020-07-27T17:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/03/31/a-to-z-2015-brewing/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1be32-april-calendar2b5b20155d.jpgAPRIL-CALENDAR20152020-07-27T17:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/01/a-is-for-well-a/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/e0404-a.jpgAhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/956b4-acro-flash-herold-2.jpgAcro-Flash - Herold - 2This particular camera still had a roll of 127 film in it when we bought it!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0c83e-model-a-univex-2.jpgModel A - Univex - 2The back of the Univex Model A.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eba10-acro-flash-herold-5.jpgAcro-Flash - Herold - 5One had to read the frame numbers on the film itself to advance the film properly. The numbers could be read through the red windows.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b710f-acro-flash-herold-11.jpgAcro-Flash - Herold - 1The Herold Acro-Flash was one of many, many cheap plastic cameras for 127 film.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/95529-a3-argus-21.jpgA3 - Argus - 2The Argus A3. Another rangefinder camera from https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/74efe-a3-argus-11.jpgA3 - Argus - 1What's cool here is that the shutter release is on the side of the lens.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7a14b-a-minolta-2b1.jpgA - Minolta - 2bThe Minolta A, a lovely rangefinder camera fromhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/68f0b-a-minolta-1.jpgA - Minolta - 1The lens is nice and clear. One day I should put a roll of film through this.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/03/c-is-for-c3/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/923fd-c.jpgChttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e853d-c3-matchmatic-argus-3.jpgC3 Matchmatic - Argus - 3We actually have two of these. This one has a fancy light meter attached.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2e8f9-c3-matchmatic-argus-2.jpgC3 Matchmatic - Argus - 2But still, very brick-like.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bfc26-c3-matchmatic-argus-1.jpgC3 Matchmatic - Argus - 1Argus C3 Matchmatichttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4d1d3-c3-argus-2.jpgC3 - Argus - 2Very brick-like indeed!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/98a79-c3-argus-1.jpgC3 - Argus - 1We assume this is an Argus C32020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/04/d-is-for-dynamatic/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/b099d-d.jpgDhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f31fd-dynamatic-voightlander-2.jpgDynamatic - Voightlander - 2The Dynamatic Deluxe has a chrome front plate and the Prontormat S-V shutter.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d4e0d-dynamatic-voightlander-1.jpgDynamatic - Voightlander - 1The Voightlander Dynamatic2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/05/e-is-for-exakta/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1bd8d-e.jpgEhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2160e-exacta-vx500-ihagee-2.jpgExacta VX500 - Ihagee - 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ba5b8-exacta-vx500-ihagee-1.jpgExacta VX500 - Ihagee - 1https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4d54b-exacta-model-b-ihagee-5.jpgExacta Model B - Ihagee - 5https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d5fd9-exacta-model-b-ihagee-4.jpgExacta Model B - Ihagee - 4The back of the Exakta Model B opened up.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0d050-exacta-model-b-ihagee-3.jpgExacta Model B - Ihagee - 3The window on the back cover of the Model B allowed the photographer to know which frame he or she was on.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/03942-exacta-model-b-ihagee-2.jpgExacta Model B - Ihagee - 2Ihagee Exacta Model Bhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8af0a-exacta-model-b-ihagee-1.jpgExacta Model B - Ihagee - 1https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bd3c6-exa-type-1_2-ihagee-2.jpgExa Type 1_2 - Ihagee - 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9410a-exa-type-1_2-ihagee-1.jpgExa Type 1_2 - Ihagee - 12020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/07/f-is-for-falcon/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/f3448-f.jpgFhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/211c7-falcon-special-utility-2.jpgFalcon Special - Utility - 2The back of the Falcon Special is similar to that of the Falcon Model F.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c4a0d-falcon-special-utility-1.jpgFalcon Special - Utility - 1The Falcon Specialhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/66699-falcon-model-f-utility-1.jpgFalcon Model F - Utility - 1The back of the Falcon Model F showing the movable cover for the red windows - c1938https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f2c23-falcon-miniture-utility-1.jpgFalcon Miniture - Utility - 1The Falcon Miniature - c1938https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8cf73-falcon-minicam-junior-utility-1.jpgFalcon Minicam Junior - Utility - 1Two Falcon Minicam Juniors with different body styles - c1938.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/750de-falcon-junior-utility-1.jpgFalcon Junior - Utility - 1Falcon Junior - late 1930shttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c1b8b-falcon-utility-1.jpgFalcon - Utility - 1The Falcon Model 4 - 1939-19422020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/07/f-is-for-f/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ba305-f.jpgFhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/622f2-wpid-2014-04-06-13.53.37.jpg.jpegwpid-2014-04-06-13.53.37.jpg.jpegThe Nikon F Photomic FTN.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cef49-wpid-2014-04-06-13.55.17.jpg.jpegwpid-2014-04-06-13.55.17.jpg.jpegNikon F photomic FTN from the front.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/08/g-is-for-graphic/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/74d17-g.jpgGhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50662-speed-graphic-lenses-graflex-1.jpgSpeed Graphic Lenses - Graflex - 1Lenses of the Pacemaker (left) and the Anniversary (right) Speed Graphics, removed from the cameras.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f1ea6-speed-graphic-top-handle-graflex-2.jpgSpeed Graphic - top handle - Graflex - 2Lens of the early Speed Graphic.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bccac-speed-graphic-top-handle-graflex-1.jpgSpeed Graphic - top handle - Graflex - 1An early Speed Graphic. 1912-1927.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5f377-speed-graphic-pacemaker-graflex-1.jpgSpeed Graphic - Pacemaker - Graflex - 1The Pacemaker Speed Graphic. 1947-1968https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b5bbd-speed-graphic-anniversary-graflex-1.jpgSpeed Graphic - Anniversary - Graflex - 1The Anniversary Speed Graphic. 1940-1947https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/40630-graphic-35-graflex-2.jpgGraphic 35 - Graflex - 2The Graphic 35https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4e16b-graphic-35-graflex-1.jpgGraphic 35 - Graflex - 1Graphic 35. The black buttons on either side of the lens are the focus.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/11/j-is-for-jiffy/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1717a-j.jpgJhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c7bbb-jiffy-kodaks-kodak-1.jpgJiffy Kodaks - Kodak - 1Two Jiffy Kodakshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b2a77-jiffy-kodak-vp-kodak-1.jpgJiffy Kodak VP - Kodak - 1Jiffy Kodak Vest Pocket. 1935-1942https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/014b3-jiffy-kodak-six-20-kodak-1.jpgJiffy Kodak six-20 - Kodak - 1Jiffy Kodak six-20. 1933-19372020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/12/k-is-for-karat-and-kandor/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/a0213-k.jpgKhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aac17-karat-agfa-2.jpgKarat - Agfa - 2The Karat 6.3, by Agfa, took 35mm film in special cassettes. 1937https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0d48e-karat-agfa-1.jpgKarat - Agfa - 1The Agfa Karat 6.3https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ffb85-kandor-irwin-2.jpgKandor - Irwin - 2I always thought that the Kandor looked a lot like a sardine can.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d13d3-kandor-irwin-1.jpgKandor - Irwin - 1The Kandor Candid Camera, by Irwin Corporation. 19392020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/14/l-is-for-land-camera/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/f1ad3-l.jpgLhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/09a55-land-camera-the-800-polaroid-1-e1397443183472.jpgLand Camera The 800 - Polaroid - 1Polaroid Land Camera - The 800https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5d6ec-land-camera-polaroid-1.jpgLand Camera - Polaroid - 1The Polaroid One Step.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/15/m-is-for-mercury/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/74456-m.jpgMhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b0194-mercury-model-cc-univex-3-e1397502451933.jpgMercury Model CC - Univex - 3With a great-big flash unit, it was especially impressive. Plus, you get to see an inverted view of our living room and my cell phone, with which I took this photo.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c44f0-mercury-model-cc-univex-2-e1397502417371.jpgMercury Model CC - Univex - 2And if you get bored, there's plenty of reading material on the back of the camera.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b691f-mercury-model-cc-univex-1.jpgMercury Model CC - Univex - 1The Univex Mercury CC2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/16/n-is-for-nikomat/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/3aa20-n.jpgNhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eac7a-nikomat-nikon-2.jpgNikomat - Nikon - 2The Nikomat lacked a lot of the professional features of the Nikon F camerahttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a244c-nikomat-nikon-1.jpgNikomat - Nikon - 1The Nikomat FT2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/17/o-is-for-optima/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/9e560-o.jpgOhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/17df3-optima-ii-s-agfa-2.jpgOptima II S - Agfa - 2The Agfa Optima II Shttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/32d47-optima-ii-s-agfa-1.jpgOptima II S - Agfa - 1The coupled rangefinder meant you focused as you measured the range.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/18/p-is-for-perfex/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/26a4a-p.jpgPhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/648dc-perfex-forty-four-camera-corp-2.jpgPerfex forty-four - Camera Corp - 2The Perfex forty-fourhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f46c9-perfex-forty-four-camera-corp-1.jpgPerfex forty-four - Camera Corp - 1Another view of the Perfex Forty-four. It has a coupled rangefinder.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/114f8-perfex-de-luxe-camera-corp-2.jpgPerfex de luxe - Camera Corp - 2Also a coupled range finder camera.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1da61-perfex-de-luxe-camera-corp-1.jpgPerfex de luxe - Camera Corp - 1The Perfex DeLuxe. 1947-19502020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/19/q-is-for-quickmatic/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/34305-q.jpgQhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3ae9f-quickmatics-olympus-1.jpgQuickmatics - Olympus - 1Two Quickmatic cameras, the EES (left) and the EEM (right)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20ba5-quickmatic-ees-olympus-1.jpgQuickmatic EES - Olympus - 1The Olympus Quickmatic EES.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1fc94-quickmatic-eem-olympus-1.jpgQuickmatic EEM - Olympus - 1Olympus Quickmatic EEM.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/21/r-is-for-retina-the-kodak-retina-cameras/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/326e3-r.jpgRhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0015c-retina-ib-kodak-1.jpgRetina Ib - Kodak - 1The Retina Ib Type 018. The lens folds out. 1954-1957https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1463d-retina-automatic-iii-kodak-1.jpgRetina Automatic III - Kodak - 1The Retina Automatic III. No fold-out lens here. 1961-1963https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2a8bd-retina-1-type-126-kodak-1.jpgRetina 1 type 126 - Kodak - 1The Retina I Type 1262020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/23/t-is-for-taron/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/f1685-t.jpgThttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/adefb-taron-pr-nippon-kosokki-2.jpgTaron PR - Nippon Kosokki - 2The Taron PR, by Nippon Kosokkihttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/716fa-taron-pr-nippon-kosokki-1.jpgTaron PR - Nippon Kosokki - 1Some Taron PR cameras have a label that says Taron Co. 2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/24/u-is-for-uniflash/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2261e-u.jpgU2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/25/v-is-for-vitessa/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/e2b2f-v.jpgVhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/45945-yunon-yn-300-yunon-optical-co-3.jpgYunon YN 300 - Yunon Optical Co - 3The Yunon YN 300https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e88df-yunon-yn-300-yunon-optical-co-2.jpgYunon YN 300 - Yunon Optical Co - 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fa6d2-yunon-yn-300-yunon-optical-co-1.jpgYunon YN 300 - Yunon Optical Co - 1Look at the teeny-tiny lens.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/59c90-xg-a-minolta-2.jpgXG-A - Minolta - 2The Minolta XG-Ahttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bc1b1-xg-a-minolta-1.jpgXG-A - Minolta - 1The back of the XG-A. It had very few manual settings.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2cd87-winpro-35s-1.jpgWinpro 35s - 1Two Winpro 35 cameras.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/62331-winpro-35-syncro-flash-winpro-camera-corp-1.jpgWinpro 35 Syncro Flash - Winpro Camera Corp - 1The Winpro Syncro Flashhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/56161-winpro-35-webster-industries-1.jpgWinpro 35 - Webster Industries - 1The Winpro 35, labeled Webster Industries Inc. 1947-1955https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/069d6-vitessa-n-voightlander-2.jpgVitessa N - Voightlander - 2The Vitessa N2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/26/w-is-for-winpro/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/34d5d-w.jpgW2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/28/x-is-for-xg-a/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/aa1df-x.jpgX2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/29/y-is-for-yunon/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/f321d-y.jpgY2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/30/z-is-for-zorki/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/0cbf4-z.jpgZhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0f70e-zorki-c-krasnogorsk-2.jpgZorki C - Krasnogorsk - 2The Zorki Chttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5dd61-zorki-c-krasnogorsk-1.jpgZorki C - Krasnogorsk - 1The Zorki C from the front. These came with black, green, or light grey leatherette.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/29/i-swear-i-saw-a-dragon/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aba36-screenshot2011-04-28at2.51.07pm.pngScreen+shot+2011-04-28+at+2.51.07+PMhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/11840-aed_pax.jpgAED_PaxA boy and his mum.2020-07-27T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/02/b-is-for-baiotomeus/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/81347-a-to-z-letters-b.jpga-to-z-letters-bhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/49f40-ptilodus-gnomus-5.jpgPtilodus gnomus 5Sketches of the comparison between <i>Baiotomeus lamberti</i> and <i>Ptilodus gnomus</i>https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d2089-ptilodus-gnomus-3.jpgPtilodus gnomus 3My comments on the comparison of <i>Baiotomeus lamberti</i> with <i>Ptilodus gnomus</i>2020-07-27T17:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/12/k-is-for-krauseia/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0d98b-a-to-z-letters-k.jpga-to-z-letters-khttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e965c-krauseia-1.jpgKrauseia 1A quick sketch of the type right lower fourth premolar of <i>Krauseia</i> from the Torrejonian-aged Swain Quarry. I drew this while visiting the collections at the American Museum of Natural History.2020-07-27T17:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/05/24/friday-headlines-5-24-23/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/8768b-johnny-depp-as-edward-scissorhands-1990.jpegjohnny-depp-as-edward-scissorhands-19902020-07-27T17:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/09/24/trick-or-treat-with-agents/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/29175-trickortreat2013.pngTrickorTreat20132020-07-27T17:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/10/i-is-for-instamatic/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/aaf33-i.jpgIhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2b30f-instamatic-x-15-x-35-kodak-1.jpgInstamatic X-15 X-35 - Kodak - 1Instamatics with 'X' in their name used the special 'Magicube' flash.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/25284-instamatic-reflex-kodak-1.jpgInstamatic Reflex - Kodak - 1Almost all Instamatics were simple view-finder cameras, but the Instamatic Reflex was an SLR.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/45858-instamatic-704-kodak-1.jpgInstamatic 704 - Kodak - 1The Instamatic 704 took flash cubeshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a2995-instamatic-500-kodak-2.jpgInstamatic 500 - Kodak - 2Most Instamatics were rather cheaply made in the USA, but the Instamatic 500 was made in Germany with high-quality glass.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9d872-instamatic-500-kodak-1.jpgInstamatic 500 - Kodak - 1Another view of the Instamatic 500https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/757b0-instamatic-400-kodak-1.jpgInstamatic 400 - Kodak - 1The Instamatic 400 - with the flash open and ready to accept the peanut bulb.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0665d-instamatic-60-kodak-1.jpgInstamatic 60 - Kodak - 1This Instamatic (the Instamatic 60) was made for 110 cartridge film. This one has a coupled rangefinder.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/119a5-instagrams-kodak-2.jpgInstagrams - Kodak - 2Kodak Instamatics2020-07-27T17:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/03/c-is-for-chiromyoides/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/14fef-a-to-z-letters-c.jpga-to-z-letters-chttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d9ba4-chiromyoides-2.jpgChiromyoides 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a7be0-chiromyoides-1.jpgChiromyoides 1<i>Chiromyoides</i> UW 28165 from locality V-90063https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7c10b-chiromyoides-3.jpgChiromyoides 3This is the <i>Chiromyoides</i> lower third molar. Notice where I actually compare it with <i>Nannodectes</i>2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/04/d-is-for-dissacus/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/7b81e-a-to-z-letters-d.jpga-to-z-letters-d2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/05/e-is-for-elphidotarsius/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0a49d-a-to-z-letters-e.jpga-to-z-letters-ehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5b6b9-elphidotarsius-3.jpgElphidotarsius 3https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c2616-elphidotarsius-2.jpgElphidotarsius 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aa2dc-elphidotarsius-1.jpgElphidotarsius 1https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/19baa-elphidotarsius-4.jpgElphidotarsius 4Sketches of the specimen of <i>Elphidotarsius</i> from The Breaks.2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/08/g-is-for-gelastops/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/d9fc7-a-to-z-letters-g.jpga-to-z-letters-ghttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bfb93-cimolestes.jpgcimolestes2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/09/h-is-for-haplaletes/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2629b-a-to-z-letters-h.jpga-to-z-letters-hhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2f438-haplaletes.jpgHaplaletesHere's a sketch I drew of two upper teeth of <i>Hapaletes</i> in the collections at the American Museum of Natural History2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/10/i-is-for-ictidopappus/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/92ab1-a-to-z-letters-i.jpga-to-z-letters-i2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/11/j-is-for-jepsenella/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/00762-a-to-z-letters-j.jpga-to-z-letters-jhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/255dc-pararyctes-notes.jpgPararyctes notesNotes on my comparison of <i>Paleoryctes</i> with <i>Pararyctes</i> and <i>Jepsenella</i> from the American Museumhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ec760-paleoryctes.jpgPaleoryctes<i>Paleoryctes</i> from The Breaks.2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/19/q-is-for-qatranitherium/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/f004d-a-to-z-letters-q.jpga-to-z-letters-q2020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/05/02/recognition-and-the-liebster-award/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20457-liebster2bblog2baward2b3.jpgliebsterblogaward32020-07-27T17:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/02/24/beware-of-movies-energy-resources/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/46fe0-seismic.jpgSeismic2020-07-27T17:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/03/19/blogging-from-a-to-z/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/95215-april-2013-calendar-001.jpgAPRIL-2013-CALENDAR-0012020-07-27T17:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/01/a-is-for-acmeodon/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/02e1e-a-to-z-letters-a.jpga-to-z-letters-ahttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d6f98-acmeodon-secans-11.jpgAcmeodon secans 1My sketches of the two specimens of <i>Acmeodon</i>https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ff760-acmeodon-secans-6-uw-28730.jpgAcmeodon secans 6 UW 28730Acmeodon secans UW 28730 Incomplete RM1 from V-90057https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1badb-acmeodon-secans-5.jpgAcmeodon secans 5Sketch of AMNH 4063, three upper teeth of <i>A. secans</i>https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c6c91-acmeodon-secans-4-uw-28062.jpgAcmeodon secans 4 UW 28062<i>Acmeodon secans</i> UW 28062 RM1 from V-90029https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9a372-acmeodon-secans-3.jpgAcmeodon secans 3https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e21db-acmeodon-secans-2.jpgAcmeodon secans 2<i>Acmeodon secans</i> UW 28730 Incomplete RM1 from V-90057https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/228eb-acmeodon-secans-1.jpgAcmeodon secans 1https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/40a8c-acmeodon-secans-7-uw-28062.jpgAcmeodon secans 7 UW 28062<i>Acmeodon secans</i> UW 28062 RM1 from V-900292020-07-27T17:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/06/f-is-for-fractinus/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9bbc2-a-to-z-letters-f.jpga-to-z-letters-fhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e88ce-fractinus-palmorem-1.jpgFractinus palmorem 1https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a98df-fractinus-palmorem-6.jpgFractinus palmorem 6https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3583e-fractinus-palmorem-4.jpgFractinus palmorem 4https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d0a28-fractinus-palmorem-3.jpgFractinus palmorem 3https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9dc10-fractinus-palmorem-2.jpgFractinus palmorem 22020-07-27T17:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/13/l-is-for-litocherus/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/8827d-a-to-z-letters-l.jpga-to-z-letters-l2020-07-27T17:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/15/m-is-for-mixodectes/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9d75e-a-to-z-letters-m.jpga-to-z-letters-mhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6cb69-mixodectes.jpgMixodectesA sketch on one tooth assigned to <i>Mixodectes</i> from The Breaks. I love this drawing.2020-07-27T17:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/04/16/n-is-for-nannodectes/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/beb5a-a-to-z-letters-n.jpga-to-z-letters-nhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aeae7-plesiadapis-praecursor.jpgPlesiadapis praecursorA little sketch of a lower molar of <i>Plesiadapis praecursor</i> noting one of its important features.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/37022-nannodectes.jpgNannodectesA sketch of the LP4 of <i>Nannodectes simpsoni</i> collected from The Breaks. UW 28391 from locality V-90063 (Ti3 in 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Four fourth-place and one third-place. The third-place ribbon was earned by The Boy™.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bfb8e-57503532_10101265618232748_2186251371433426944_o.jpg57503532_10101265618232748_2186251371433426944_oThe judges gave The Boy™ a special discussion to help him improve his techniques, and to explain the scoring.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/274e5-57088189_10101265617663888_8781712041476882432_o.jpg57088189_10101265617663888_8781712041476882432_oI couldn't be happier that I survived. And I got a medal!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9f9c7-57053735_10101265618572068_4807535723966103552_o.jpg57053735_10101265618572068_4807535723966103552_oThe first-ever Fingerlakes Kuk Sool Won tournament2019-04-15T02:57:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/13/l-is-for-lift-atozchallenge/2019-04-13T13:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/11/k-is-for-kenrick-atozchallenge/2019-04-12T00:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/11/j-is-for-joan-atozchallenge/2019-04-12T00:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/09/i-is-for-injuries-atozchallenge/2019-04-10T02:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/09/h-is-for-heap-atozchallenge/2019-04-10T00:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/08/g-is-for-gyrations-atozchallenge/2019-04-08T22:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/08/f-is-for-fire-atozchallenge/2019-04-08T18:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/05/e-is-for-executions-atozchallenge/2019-04-06T03:08:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/04/d-is-for-dungeon-atozchallenge/2019-04-05T02:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/03/c-is-for-captured-atozchallenge/2019-04-03T13:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/02/b-is-for-belladonna-atozchallenge/2019-04-02T13:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/04/01/a-is-for-aldred-underestimated-atozchallenge/2019-04-01T21:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/03/31/underestimated-atozchallenge-2019/2019-04-01T01:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/03/25/blogging-from-a-to-z-2019-edition-stable-isotopes/2019-03-26T01:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/02/25/writing-another-story/2019-02-26T01:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2019/02/23/moving-forward-moving-on/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/07ca6-50280385_10101225164123108_3017795707529592832_n.jpg50280385_10101225164123108_3017795707529592832_nCharlie (passed), Niko (passed), Shadow (15 y.o.); Sage (15 y.o.), Toby (passed), Snickerdoodle (10 y.o.); Spike (10 y.o.), Spell (11 y.o.), Skittles (11 y.o.)2019-02-23T23:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/28/friday-headlines-september-28-2018/2018-09-28T16:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/21/friday-headlines-september-21-2018/2018-09-21T13:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/14/friday-headlines-september-14-2018/2018-09-14T19:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/12/how-do-silica-tetrahedra-work-a-urees101-goodquestion/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/749c1-500px-covalent.svg_.png500px-Covalent.svgCovalently bonded hydrogen and carbon in a molecule of methane. CREDIT DynaBlast CC By-SA 2.5https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dfb00-methaan.pngMethaanMethane shown three different ways. Upper left: molecular sketch; Upper right: stick drawing; Bottom: space-filling model. Blue is carbon, white is hydrogen. CREDIT Effeietsanders CC By 2.5 nlhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7dc2b-512px-silicate_tetrahedron_.svg_.png512px-Silicate_tetrahedron_+.svgA space-filling atomic model of the silica tetrahedron, with the atoms labeled. CREDIT: Helgi CC By-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fc9fc-silicate_tetrahedron.svg_.pngSilicate_tetrahedron.svgA space-filling atomic model of the silica tetrahedron. CREDIT: Helgi CC By-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/86fc0-640px-sio4_tetrahedral.svg_.png640px-SiO4_tetrahedral.svgThe silica tetrahedron, as a molecular diagram and as a solid. CREDIT: Hbf878 Public Domain2018-09-12T17:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/10/foliation-and-bedding-in-rocks-totally-not-the-same-thing/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/96e08-640px-schist_detail.jpg640px-Schist_detailSchist specimen showing the characteristic "scaly" schistose texture, caused by platy micas - A metamorphic rock showing FOLIATION CREDIT Michael C. Rygel CC By-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e2de3-schistes_bleus.jpgSchistes_bleusBlueschist, Ile de Groix, France - a metamorphic rock showing FOLIATION CREDIT: Arlette1 CC By-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/29387-ny-central-park-rock-7333.jpgNY-Central-Park-Rock-7333Manhattan schist outcropping in New York City's Central Park. CREDIT Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) CC By-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4ee52-torcaldeantequera.jpgTorcaldeantequeraLimestone formations in the Torcal de Antequera. CREDIT: Juan Fernández CC By-SA 2.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dab1c-563px-touchet-formation-2.jpg563px-Touchet-formation-2Touchet beds in the "Little Grand Canyon" near Lowden in the Walla Walla valley. Note distinct layers. CREDIT Citypeek CC By-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2e967-fossils_in_a_beach_wall.jpgFossils_in_a_beach_wallFossil-rich layers in a sedimentary rock, Año Nuevo State Reserve, California. These sedimentary rocks show BEDDING. One bed is full of fossil shells. CREDIT: Brocken Inaglory CC by-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1bb05-crossbeddingbressay.jpgCrossbeddingbressayCross-bedding in a fluviatile sandstone, Middle Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) on Bressay, Shetland Islands - sedimentary rocks showing BEDDINGhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/34e4f-logan_formation_cross_bedding_scour.jpgLogan_Formation_Cross_Bedding_ScourCross-bedding and scour in a fine sandstone; the Logan Formation (Mississippian) of Jackson County, Ohio - sedimentary rocks showing BEDDING CREDIT Wilson44691https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c82f1-orthogneiss_geopark.jpgOrthogneiss_GeoparkOrthogneiss from the Czech Republic - A metamorphic rock showing FOLIATION CREDIT: Huhulenik CC By 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/24627-gneiss.jpgGneissGneiss - A metamorphic rock showing FOLIATION CREDIT: Siim Sepp CC By-SA 3.02018-09-11T03:02:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/10/lost-with-the-national-museum-of-brazil-kamehamehas-cloak-luto-museunacional/2018-09-11T01:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/10/paleocene-mammals-from-brazil-365papers-2018-67/2018-09-11T01:34:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/07/friday-headlines-september-7-2018/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a19e0-201803-ocean-and-land-temperature-anomaly-march-2018.gif201803 Ocean and land temperature anomaly March 2018Land & Ocean Temperature Departure from Average Mar 2018 (WRT a 1981-2010 base period). CREDIT: National Centers for Environmental Invormationhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1fe95-640px-fire_at_museu_nacional_05.jpg640px-Fire_at_Museu_Nacional_05The National Museum building burning behind the statue of Emperor Pedro II, on 2 September 2018. [Fire at the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, on 2 September 2018.] CREDIT: Felipe Milanez - Sent by the photographer -- OTRS-sent. CC BY-SA 4.02018-09-07T14:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/06/why-is-irritator-so-irritating-365papers-2018-66/2018-09-07T03:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/05/a-lost-titan-365papers-2018-65/2018-09-06T01:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/05/lost-with-the-national-museum-of-brazil-gondwanatitan-luto-museunacional/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8ed8e-gondwanatitan-human_size.jpgGondwanatitan-human_sizeSize comparison between the sauropod dinosaur Gondwanatitan and a human. Gondwanatitan was 25 feet long ( about 8, 3 meter ), and small for a sauropod. CREDIT: Conty2018-09-06T01:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/05/the-dinosaurs-of-the-santana-formation-brazil-365papers-2018-64/2018-09-05T04:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/04/lost-with-the-national-museum-of-brazil-santanaraptor-luto-museunacional/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/48196-esqueleto_de_santanaraptor_mn_01.jpgEsqueleto_de_Santanaraptor_MN_01A reconstruction of Santana raptor at the Museu Nacional. CREDIT: Dornike CC BY-SA 4.02018-09-05T02:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/04/lost-with-the-national-museum-of-brazil-luzia-luto-museunacional/2018-09-04T05:09:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/03/on-fossil-eggshells-365papers-2018-63/2018-09-03T19:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/03/infrared-light-and-the-quality-of-fossil-preservation-365papers-2018-62/2018-09-03T18:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/09/01/long-distance-prospecting-365papers-2018-61/2018-09-02T02:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/08/31/friday-headlines-august-31-2018/2018-08-31T14:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/12/the-last-day-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/13ae8-20180709_060637.jpg20180709_060637Already warm...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/66ed9-20180709_142612.jpg20180709_142612An essentially complete hind foot of some little mammal.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/93beb-20180709_141713.jpg20180709_141713All the rocks, and not a single fossil.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3d95f-20180709_141030.jpg20180709_141030No pressure, really.2018-07-12T18:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/12/turning-the-corner-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3a055-20180708_162608-1.jpg20180708_162608https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b19e0-20180708_155223.jpg20180708_155223A trail I want to take (and I did).https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/12ff9-20180708_162608.jpg20180708_162608https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/23551-20180708_162226.jpg20180708_162226Can you spot the fault?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0d9d5-20180708_161752.jpg20180708_161752Green River.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8edfe-20180708_155911.jpg20180708_155911View through the trees.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4aff5-20180708_100905.jpg20180708_100905An "exploded" turtle. Modern weathering processes tend to break fossils apart.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7c525-20180708_214043.jpg20180708_214043Home sweet tent.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6db8b-20180708_125432.jpg20180708_125432No, it's not an alien landing strip. It's to clear the debris and hope for fossils weather out over the coming year.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a26e6-20180708_124150.jpg20180708_124150Sweeping the outcrops...2018-07-12T17:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/12/living-the-fantasy-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-13/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d0a58-20180707_124550.jpg20180707_124550https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3e657-20180707_131514.jpg20180707_131514https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0761e-20180707_124858.jpg20180707_124858https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d136b-20180707_124644.jpg20180707_124644Fantasy Canyonhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/30fd1-20180707_131732-e1531416331145.jpg20180707_1317322018-07-12T17:29:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/06/a-hot-one-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-12/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/59aaa-20180706_105055.jpg20180706_105055There's a little partial upper jaw and lower jaw here. We think it might be Epihippus.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/de91a-20180706_104930.jpg20180706_104930I promise, it's a horse. An ancestor of modern horses, anyway. 2018-07-06T23:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/05/the-search-for-soil-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-12/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/833ff-20180705_143003.jpg20180705_143003Wonder how long ago this was still in use?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/10487-20180705_131533.jpg20180705_131533https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c3071-20180705_105242.jpg20180705_105242https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8c364-20180705_093347.jpg20180705_0933472018-07-06T02:34:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/04/everyone-loves-a-parade-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-11/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7fc6d-smoky.jpgSmokySmokey Bear took time out of his busy schedule to say hi.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bd7b7-firemen.jpgFiremenTaking a break from fighting wildfires.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1f593-vernalpride.jpgVernalPridePride in Vernal. I cheered really loud for this float.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d6d46-myspiritfloat.jpgMySpiritFloathttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6d6ba-myhorses.jpgMyHorsesNorwegian Fjords are my favorite breed. And this hearse was beautiful!2018-07-04T20:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/03/on-fire-paleontology-field-work-2018-days-9-and-10/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/70c98-20180702_200949.jpg20180702_200949That's not a cloud bank. That's smoke!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3a7a3-20180702_144220.jpg20180702_144220https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/43660-20180703_121022.jpg20180703_121022Do you see the four cars out there? That's where my lunch was waiting for me.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fe438-20180703_121911.jpg20180703_121911Turtle at the transition between the Uinta Formation and the Duchesne River Formation.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f4456-20180703_201248.jpg20180703_2012482018-07-04T03:03:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/07/01/fossil-soils-paleontology-field-work-2018-days-7-and-8/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/64292-36453778_10101118583471588_5876777796629430272_o.jpg36453778_10101118583471588_5876777796629430272_oThe vista from a paleosol in the Duchesne River Formation.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9e638-20180701_120228.jpg20180701_120228Looking up at the bottom of the Duchesne River Formation. The maroon rocks are an ancient soil.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4ab5e-20180701_120629-1-e1530500280959.jpg20180701_120629A maroon paleosol in the Uinta Formation. It sits on top of the white rock and contains lots of vertical root traces.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a4a37-20180630_152430.jpg20180630_152430A small turtle, too buggered up to collect.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2ad25-20180701_180140.jpg20180701_180140Sometimes called a horned toad, but totally not an amphibian.2018-07-02T03:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/06/30/the-eocene-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-6/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/23cea-20180629_124548.jpg20180629_124548Nappy time view (when my eyes were open).https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c0fcc-20180629_104322.jpg20180629_104322https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/18cf6-20180629_102419.jpg20180629_102419https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ec625-20180629_101015.jpg20180629_101015I found a feather.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/38dd2-20180629_095110.jpg20180629_095110Happiness is collecting fossils with friends!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4321a-20180629_173846.jpg20180629_173846https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/84950-20180629_144203.jpg20180629_144203Christine high in the Uinta Formation!2018-06-30T15:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/06/29/there-and-back-again-paleontology-field-work-2018-days-3-4-and-5/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d76f1-20180627_104616.jpg20180627_104616https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/87824-20180628_154022.jpg20180628_154022That's a canopy that was blown over the bushes behind it.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/81e55-20180628_093553.jpg20180628_093553https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8e5db-20180627_133849.jpg20180627_133849Important outcrops that are almost 1.5 miles from camp. I walked there.2018-06-29T04:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/06/25/miles-and-miles-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-2/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/44b68-20180625_214000.jpg20180625_214000There could be a leak!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8b41a-20180625_213939.jpg20180625_213939https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0371c-20180625_213916.jpg20180625_213916https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5c505-20180625_210922.jpg20180625_210922Part of the mass spectrometer, drawn from memory with markers. I wonder how close to accurate I was?2018-06-26T03:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/06/24/the-voyage-begins-paleontology-field-work-2018-day-1/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e1df1-20180624_135159.jpg20180624_135159https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aa280-20180624_084748.jpg20180624_084748Christine is ready to hit the trails!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/84957-20180624_201515.jpg20180624_201515I definitely won.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9382-20180624_201005.jpg20180624_201005Craft bar? This looks 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reads: North American rocks migrated Down Under. Photo from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.2018-01-25T20:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/25/what-x-rays-and-absorptions-really-tell-us-about-fossilization-365papers-2018-24/2018-01-25T18:25:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/25/why-cant-we-just-measure-alteration-of-bone-due-to-fossilization-365papers-2018-23/2018-01-25T15:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/25/getting-a-head-what-makes-vertebrates-so-special-urees270-2018/2018-01-25T12:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/23/not-caring-makes-us-more-honest-365papers-2018-22/2018-01-24T03:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/23/the-shape-of-feathers-doesnt-tell-you-how-well-birds-fly-365papers-2018-21/2018-01-23T15:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/23/carbon-from-bone-mineral-and-bone-collagen-tells-us-whos-eating-whom-365papers-2018-20/2018-01-23T12:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/23/the-beginning-of-bone-fossilization-urees270-2018/2018-01-23T12:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/22/life-history-of-carnivores-comparing-across-size-and-ecology-365papers-2018-19/2018-01-22T16:02:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/18/when-does-a-puppys-teeth-come-in-365papers-2018-18/2018-01-18T21:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/18/better-specimens-better-techniques-better-understanding-of-the-sauropodomorpha-365papers-2018-17/2018-01-18T20:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/16/when-you-dont-know-that-you-dont-know-365papers-2018-16/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bd64f-stablegenius.jpgStableGenius...I really have a hard time putting this on my blog, just FYI...2018-01-16T14:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/15/isotopes-and-interpretations-are-we-getting-it-right-365papers-2018-15/2018-01-15T18:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/14/color-vision-in-cretaceous-birds-365papers-2018-14/2018-01-14T20:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/14/when-the-structure-of-bones-tell-you-how-animals-breathed-365papers-2018-13/2018-01-14T20:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/14/inside-the-heads-of-extinct-marine-reptiles-365papers-2018-12/2018-01-14T19:45:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/14/carnivore-guilds-are-they-the-same-everywhere-365papers-2018-11/2018-01-14T18:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/11/acanthodian-fishes-and-the-origins-of-sharks-365papers-2018-10/2018-01-11T20:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/10/can-we-prove-that-some-mammals-hid-out-during-glacial-times-365papers-2018-9/2018-01-10T22:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/09/oxygenating-the-oceans-in-the-early-cambrian-365papers-2018-8/2018-01-09T21:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/07/comparing-modern-and-fossil-diving-birds-365papers-2018-7/2018-01-07T19:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/07/geochemistry-shows-oldest-fossils-really-are-fossils-365papers-2018-6/2018-01-07T17:39:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/06/finding-family-for-extinct-seals-365papers-2018-5/2018-01-06T18:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/04/understanding-variation-in-body-shape-and-size-in-extinct-and-unusual-mammals-365papers-4/2018-01-04T18:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/03/the-genetic-origins-of-handedness-in-humans-365papers-3/2018-01-03T21:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/02/the-archaeopteryx-that-was-neither-archaeopteryx-nor-pterodactylus-365papers-2018-2/2018-01-02T21:33:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2018/01/01/carboniferous-glaciers-of-chad-365papers-2018-1/2018-01-02T00:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/09/10/friday-headlines-september-8-2017/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5c4b8-remote_sensing_diagram_0.jpgremote_sensing_diagram_0Fundamentals of remote sensing. Precipitation measurements may be made using both active and passive methods. Credit: NASAhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/900eb-southeast-2100-170907-1920.jpgSoutheast 2100 170907 19202100 mile Doppler Radar for the south eastern United States. September 7, 2017, 7:20 pm Eastern. Credit: National Weather Service.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7f836-ppt-accumulation-irma-jose-the-other-one.jpgPPT accumulation Irma Jose the other one24 hour precipitation for Atlantic storms Irma and Jose, and Gulf storm Katia. Credit: NASAhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/27b63-irma_gpm_gmi_dpr_5_september_2017_1652_utc.jpgirma_gpm_gmi_dpr_5_september_2017_1652_utcGPM image of hurricane Irma from September 5, 2017. This shows mm of precipitation per hour. 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Credit: U.S. National Park Service.2017-04-07T00:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/04/06/a-little-giant-from-john-day-365papers-2017-96/2017-04-07T00:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/04/06/how-aridity-drove-plants-to-deal-with-air-in-their-veins-365papers-2017-95/2017-04-06T23:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/04/06/tall-teeth-and-grazing-diets-365papers-2017-94/2017-04-06T23:36:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/04/05/d-is-for-diplobunops-atozchallenge-2017-uintan-mammals/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0cd7b-diplobunops_matthewi.jpgDiplobunops_matthewiDiplobunops matthewi (Peterson, 1919) - fossil mammal skeleton from the Eocene of Utah, USA. 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molecule2017-01-26T02:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/01/25/the-end-guadalupian-mass-extinction-pyrite-and-sulfur-isotopes-365papers-2017-2/2017-01-26T01:39:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/01/25/dinosaur-tail-feathers-in-amber-365papers-2017-1/2017-01-26T01:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2017/01/25/what-is-this-365papers/2017-01-25T18:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/10/14/friday-headlines-october-14-2016/2016-10-14T14:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/09/30/friday-headlines-september-30-2016/2016-09-30T14:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/09/23/friday-headlines-september-23-2016/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bc1f8-480px-diatom2.jpg480px-diatom2Circle of diatoms on a slide By Wipeter - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c4371-640px-gorgonops_whaitsii1.jpg640px-gorgonops_whaitsii1Gorgonops whaitsii, a gorgonopsid synapsid. By Creator: Dmitry Bogdanov - dmitrchel@mail.ru, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41880772016-09-23T14:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/09/16/friday-headlines-september-16-2016/2016-09-16T14:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/09/09/friday-headlines-september-9-2016/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/06508-philae_found.jpgphilae_foundPhilae and its shadow. Credit: ESAhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ac7a5-philae_close-up.pngphilae_close-upClose up of Philae. Credit: ESAhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1b912-usgs-eq-hazard-for090916.jpgusgs-eq-hazard-for090916Earthquake hazards in the United States. Credit: USGS2016-09-09T14:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/09/02/friday-headlines-september-2-2016/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4be43-f6.large-for090216.jpgF6.large-for090216A speculative restoration of the new azhdarchid with a modern housecat. Credit: Martin-Silverstone et al., R.Soc. open sci. CC by 4.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0128a-quetzscale1-for090216.pngQuetzscale1 - for090216Two different species of Quetzalcoatlus to scale with a human. Credit: Matt Martyniuk, Mark Witton and Darren Naish CC By 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/937a3-800px-stromatolites_hoyt_mcr1-for090216.jpg800px-Stromatolites_hoyt_mcr1 for090216Fossil Stromatolites. Credit: Rygel, M.C. CC. By-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/795c8-stromatolites_in_sharkbay-for090216.jpgStromatolites_in_Sharkbay for090216Stromatolites in Shark Bay, Australia. Credit: Paul Harrison. CC By-SA 3.02016-09-02T14:00:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/07/01/field-season-2016-begins-ntcave16/2016-07-01T11:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/05/02/z-is-for-ban-zhao-scholar-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d0d04-ban_zhao.jpgBan_ZhaoBan Zhao2016-05-02T18:54:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/05/02/y-is-for-roslyn-sussman-yalow-medical-physicist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/68ff7-rosalyn_yalow.jpgRosalyn_YalowRosalyn Yalow in 1977.2016-05-02T18:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/05/02/x-is-for-zhen-xu-biomedical-engineer-atozchallenge/2016-05-02T18:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/27/w-is-for-chien-shiung-wu-physicist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6a3c0-wu-experiment_english.pngWu-Experiment_(English)Schematic illustration of the Wu experiment demonstrating parity violation. Credit: Pen88 CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f241b-chien-shiung_wu_1912-1997_3.jpgChien-shiung_Wu_(1912-1997)_(3)Chien-Shiung Wu at Columbia University in 19582016-04-29T20:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/26/v-is-for-jeanne-villepreux-power-marine-biologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1e79d-sketch-of-argonouta-by-jvp.jpgSketch of Argonouta by JVPSketch of an Argonaut (also called a Paper Nautilus) by Jeanne Villepreux-Powerhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c55c4-jeanne-villepreux-power.jpgJeanne Villepreux-PowerJeanne Villepreux-Power2016-04-26T17:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/25/u-is-for-praskovya-uvarova-archaeologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f58d7-praskovia_strgeevna_uvarova2.jpgPraskovia_Strgeevna_Uvarova2Praskovya Uvarova2016-04-25T17:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/23/t-is-for-beatrice-tucker-obstetrics-atozchallenge/2016-05-02T11:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/23/friday-headlines-april-22-2016/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/14c10-equador-earthquake-20160416-tsonly.jpgEquador Earthquake 20160416 TSonlyTectonic setting for the Equador Earthquake. Star indicates epicenter.2016-04-23T14:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/22/s-is-for-marie-stopes-paleobotany-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6340e-pangaea_glossopteris.jpgPangaea_GlossopterisIn dark green is the distribution of Glossopteris fossils on the modern continents. Continents have been rearranged into their position during the time of the supercontinent Pangaea.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/92ad2-marie_stopes_in_her_laboratory_1904.jpgMarie_Stopes_in_her_laboratory,_1904Marie Stopes in her laboratory in 19042016-04-22T15:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/21/r-is-for-sally-ride-physicist-astronaut-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6dc24-ride_on_the_middeck_-_gpn-2000-001081.jpgRide_on_the_Middeck_-_GPN-2000-001081Sally Ride during STS-7 in 1983.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5217f-ride-s.jpgRide-sSally Ride at NASA2016-04-21T18:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/20/q-is-for-helen-quinn-particle-physicist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d84b8-500px-particle_overview.svg_.png500px-Particle_overview.svgCredit: Headbomb CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3ca09-helenquinn1.jpgHelenQuinn1Helen Quinn at Harvard University2016-04-20T14:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/19/p-is-for-cecilia-payne-astronomer-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8d99d-niedot362.jpgNIEdot362Spectra of stars. Dark lines are absorptions characteristic of the elements making up the star.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3588f-cecilia_helena_payne_gaposchkin_1900-1979_3.jpgCecilia_Helena_Payne_Gaposchkin_(1900-1979)_(3)Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin at work.2016-04-19T14:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/18/o-is-for-eleanor-anne-ormerod-entymologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d4c3c-a_manual_of_injurious_insects_with_methods_of_prevention_and_remedy_for_their_attacks_to_food_crops_forest_trees_and_fruit_page_384_bhl9999985.jpgA_manual_of_injurious_insects_with_methods_of_prevention_and_remedy_for_their_attacks_to_food_crops,_forest_trees,_and_fruit_(Page_384)_BHL9999985Page 384 from the book A Manual of Injurious Insects with Methods of Prevention and Remedy for Their Attacks to Food Crops, Forest Trees, and Fruit.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6986e-eleanor_anne_ormerod_1828-1901.jpgEleanor_Anne_Ormerod_(1828-1901)Eleanor Anne Ormerod2016-04-18T21:21:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/16/n-is-for-florence-nightingale-statistician-and-nurse-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/93e80-nightingale-mortality.jpgNightingale-mortality"Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East" by Florence Nightingale.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/23439-florence_nightingale_by_kilburn_c1854.jpgFlorence_Nightingale_by_Kilburn_c1854Florence Nightingale c18542016-04-16T14:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/15/m-is-for-lise-meitner-physics-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9442-500px-nuclear_fission.svg_.png500px-Nuclear_fission.svgNuclear Fission of Uranium 235https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ca94d-800px-lise_meitner_1878-1968_lecturing_at_catholic_university_washington_d.c._1946.jpg800px-Lise_Meitner_(1878-1968),_lecturing_at_Catholic_University,_Washington,_D.C.,_1946Lise Meitner in 19462016-04-15T19:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/14/l-is-for-ada-lovelace-mathematics-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d8af4-diagram_for_the_computation_of_bernoulli_numbers.jpgDiagram_for_the_computation_of_Bernoulli_numbersAda's diagram for the computation of Bernoulli numbers using the Analytical Engine.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bf35e-800px-ada_lovelace_portrait.jpg800px-Ada_Lovelace_portraitAda Lovelace, painted by Alfred Edward Chalon in 18392016-04-14T16:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/13/k-is-for-sofia-kovalevskaya-mathematics-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ed6d2-sofja_wassiljewna_kowalewskaja_1.jpgSofja_Wassiljewna_Kowalewskaja_1Sofia Kovalevskaya in 18802016-04-13T12:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/12/j-is-for-mae-jemison-astronaut-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/44e07-mae_jemison_in_space.jpgMae_Jemison_in_SpaceMae Jemison during STS-47https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b58b2-dr._mae_c._jemison_first_african-american_woman_in_space_-_gpn-2004-00020.jpgDr._Mae_C._Jemison,_First_African-American_Woman_in_Space_-_GPN-2004-00020Dr. Mae C. Jemison, first African-American woman in space. Credit: NASA2016-04-12T12:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/09/h-is-for-caroline-herschel-astronomer-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a8eaa-herschel_caroline_1829.jpgHerschel_Caroline_1829Astronomer Caroline Herschel2016-04-09T22:37:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/08/g-is-for-kate-gleason-engineer-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/36694-kate_gleason.jpgKate_GleasonCatherine Anselm "Kate" Gleason (November 25, 1865 – January 9, 1933), American engineer and businesswoman2016-04-08T12:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/07/in-which-the-author-jaws-about-ears/2016-04-08T02:02:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/07/f-is-for-rosalind-franklin-molecular-biologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/35412-rosalind_franklin.jpgRosalind_FranklinRosalind Franklin Credit: Jewish Chronicle Archive/Heritage-Imageshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/88977-photo_51_x-ray_diffraction_image.jpgPhoto_51_x-ray_diffraction_imageX-ray diffraction image of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, taken 1952 by Raymond Gosling, commonly referred to as "Photo 51", during work by Rosalind Franklin on the structure of DNA2016-04-07T11:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/06/e-is-for-tilly-edinger-paleoneurologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/58f0a-640px-tyrannosaurus_brain_aus.jpg640px-Tyrannosaurus_brain_ausTyrannosaurus endocast showing the shape and size of the brain. The big structures on the left are olfactory lobes for the sense of smell. Credit: Matt Martyniuk CC 4.0 BY SA2016-04-06T12:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/05/d-is-for-mildred-dresselhaus-physicist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0fc66-kohlenstoffnanoroehre_animation.gifKohlenstoffnanoroehre_AnimationA Zig-Zag nanotubule. The spheres are carbon atoms. Credit: APPER CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cc01b-barack_obama_greets_burton_richter_and_mildred_dresselhaus_cropped.jpgBarack_Obama_greets_Burton_Richter_and_Mildred_Dresselhaus_(cropped)Mildred Dresselhaus in the Oval Office, May 7, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)2016-04-05T12:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/04/c-is-for-marie-curie-physicist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/53d59-marie_curie_c1920.jpgMarie_Curie_c1920Marie Curie, c. 19202016-04-05T03:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/02/spell-bound/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b1eb4-12472738_10100551511009348_3800778406440341797_n.jpg12472738_10100551511009348_3800778406440341797_nToby expresses his opinion about sharing his home with another cat.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71a38-screenshot-2016-04-02-20.31.17-2.pngScreenshot 2016-04-02 20.31.17 (2)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b022f-12919926_10100551477261978_7848258805263562940_n-1.jpg12919926_10100551477261978_7848258805263562940_nhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a5bac-screenshot-2016-04-02-20.28.13-2.pngScreenshot 2016-04-02 20.28.13 (2)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/78a94-12932579_10100552514159028_3053255765855929278_n.jpg12932579_10100552514159028_3053255765855929278_nStaring out the window at the chickens in the yard below.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/44f2b-12495054_10100552071071978_8833845183749388086_n.jpg12495054_10100552071071978_8833845183749388086_nSleeping on clean clothes is completely appropriate...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ca9d5-12417880_10100551839166718_6895583296071184928_n.jpg12417880_10100551839166718_6895583296071184928_nSpell cuddles up while I screw around with my phone.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a770a-1378003_10100551214259038_1207058327978062768_n.jpg1378003_10100551214259038_1207058327978062768_n2016-04-03T01:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/02/b-is-for-elizabeth-blackburn-molecular-biologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/74381-elizabeth_blackburn_chf_heritage_day_2012_rush_001.jpgElizabeth_Blackburn_CHF_Heritage_Day_2012_Rush_001Photograph of Elizabeth Blackburn, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), received the 2012 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal, April 12, 2012 at Chemical Heritage Day at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Credit: Chemical Heritage Foundation CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/91e4b-telomere_caps.gifTelomere_capsHuman chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white) Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Programhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/05d3d-telomere.pngTelomereTelomere Credit: Samulili CC BY-SA 3.02016-04-04T01:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/04/01/a-is-for-mary-anning-paleontologist-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4a10d-mary_anning_painting.jpgMary_Anning_paintingMary Anning and her dog, Tray. Credited to 'Mr. Grey' in Crispin Tickell's book 'Mary Anning of Lyme Regis' (1996)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3a680-mary_anning_plesiosaurus.jpgMary_Anning_PlesiosaurusLetter and drawing from Mary Anning announcing the discovery of a fossil animal now known as Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, 26 December 1823https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5250c-ichthyosaurus_bw.jpgIchthyosaurus_BWIchthyosaurus life reconstruction. Credit: Nobu Tamura CC BY 3.02016-04-01T12:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/29/women-in-stem-from-a-to-z-atozchallenge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/60113-z.jpgZhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d1b79-y.jpgYhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6c4eb-x.jpgXhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f2881-w.jpgWhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b4ae3-v.jpgVhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f05f2-u.jpgUhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6f54a-t.jpgThttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8ed3f-s.jpgShttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/48e38-r.jpgRhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e6cb1-q.jpgQ2016-03-29T17:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/17/find-me-an-amniote-stat/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/41904-640px-fossilaurochs_hagam.jpg640px-FossilAurochs_HAGAMThis Aurochs (a mammal related to cattle) has two rounded occipital condyles, one on each side of the large opening called the foramen magnum. Credit: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3c624-640px-back_and_below_of_triceratops_skull_-_fergus_county_montana_-_museum_of_the_rockies_-_2013-07-08.jpg640px-Back_and_below_of_Triceratops_skull_-_Fergus_County_Montana_-_Museum_of_the_Rockies_-_2013-07-08The single occipital condyle of Triceratops is that knob-looking thing right at the back of the skull. Credit: Tim Evanson CC BY-SA 2.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a7e98-paleothyris.svg_.pngPaleothyris.svgPaleothyris, an early amniote. Note the frontal bone (F) touches to top of the orbit, the big grey eye-socket. Credit: Gretarsson CC BY-SA 3.02016-03-17T19:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/12/meet-scout/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3261a-scout_160312c.jpgScout_160312cContemplative pup.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/977ac-scout_160312b.jpgScout_160312bScout.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/be94a-scout_160312a.jpgScout_160312a'Seriously?'https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5b0f8-comet_160312.jpgComet_160312https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4fbd1-12798961_10100538575871468_800581015840561723_n.jpg12798961_10100538575871468_800581015840561723_n'It's an automatic? Good. I can't drive stick.'https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/38ec2-12004680_10100538612498068_1748914881470681317_n.jpg12004680_10100538612498068_1748914881470681317_nChecking out the chickens.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bbaa7-260423_10100538722352918_6740802381162785284_n.jpg260423_10100538722352918_6740802381162785284_nWhat's going on over there, I wonder?2016-03-12T23:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/07/we-dont-have-those-exotic-beers-here/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/075c3-254182_10150643096380440_4943674_n.jpg254182_10150643096380440_4943674_nCoors Light. The best beer I could find that day in Hanna, Wyoming. Hence the doofus face. The horror.2016-03-07T22:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/05/my-local-beer-market/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9787d-20160305_191656.png20160305_191656Map showing the approximate locations of the three grocery stores that I visited. Local breweries are also noted. This image comes right from the Untappd app.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9ce52-20160305_175757.jpg20160305_175757Breen's beer fridge. The 'craft' section is center left and the hard cider section is center right. On both ends are big beers and coolers.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f378d-20160305_175728.jpg20160305_175728Breen's unrefrigerated 'craft' section.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c6ea3-20160305_174643.jpg20160305_174643Beer at Tops. The display is a little fancier with fluorescent lights.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cc73a-20160305_165344.jpg20160305_165344The craft beer coolers. Not pictured: the walk-in refridgerator for Big Beer and the two short aisles of nothing but craft and imported beer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c3a83-20160305_175554.jpg20160305_175554My town's tiny grocery store. Small, but effective.2016-03-06T00:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/05/friday-headlines-march-4-2016/2016-03-21T09:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/04/its-not-good-to-think-outside-the-homeobox/2016-03-04T21:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/03/thirsty-thursday-what-am-i-drinking/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ef97c-muffin-top.jpgMuffin TopIf I drink too much of this, I'll wind up with my own personal muffin top.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/69edd-five-eighty-five.jpgFive Eighty FiveFive 80 Five by Lock 32 Brewing Companyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/73e10-conways-irish.jpgConways IrishConway's Irish Ale, by Great Lakes Brewing.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0b517-12790908_10100533580083068_1779347112578656596_n.jpg12790908_10100533580083068_1779347112578656596_nWhat my husband picked up at Weg's last week.2016-03-04T00:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/03/01/grinding-teeth/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/45d06-funnel.jpgFunnelFolded weighing paper makes a good funnel.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/16642-workspace.jpgWorkspaceEverything I need. Samples, weighing paper (to make tools), water and wipes, and a tiny, tiny mortar and pestle.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7484c-ready-to-grind.jpgReady to grindDang, there's not much there.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/922d5-pile-of-powder.jpgPile of PowderA pile of powder.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3d0c0-finished-product.jpgFinished ProductThe finished, much more finely ground powder, ready for analysis.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eef11-before-grinding.jpgBefore GrindingBefore grinding. There's not much in there, and it's all so coarse that it would never react properly for analysis.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8f6ba-after-grinding.jpgAfter GrindingAt this point, I always wonder how I'm going to get the powder out again.2016-03-01T19:34:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/29/found-it-not-sure-if-i-wanted-to/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c3455-20160229_094525.jpg20160229_094525Well, poop.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3d484-win_20160229_195347.jpgWIN_20160229_195347Remote mortibus est.2016-03-01T01:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/28/about-the-malt/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9df99-pennys_malts.jpgPennys_MaltsAll the malts for tasting.2016-02-29T00:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/26/lord-hogsworth-goes-to-work/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/58fa2-hogsworth-9.jpgHogsworth-9After a long day, Lord Hogsworth was glad to have an easy night with his puppy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/572ee-hogsworth-8.jpgHogsworth-8Lord Hogsworth really liked that coloring was a required part of the day's work.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a4bb1-hogsworth-7.jpgHogsworth-7Hogsworth tries to be inconspicuous while the students work on their homework.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/38619-hogsworth-6.jpgHogsworth-6Time for lecture! Lord Hogsworth is ready!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3cfff-hogsworth-5.jpgHogsworth-5Now it's time to get ready to teach. It's Lord Hogsworth, MAKING COPIES!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/feefd-hogsworth-4.jpgHogsworth-4Hogsworth is pleased with the samples that are ready to run.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/79170-hogsworth-3.jpgHogsworth-3Lord Hogsworth approves of the recent repairs to the mass spectrometer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/06b9b-hogsworth-2.jpgHogsworth-2Next: into the laboratory. Hogsworth checks the performance of the mass spectrometer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9f9a5-hogsworth-1.jpgHogsworth-1Computer fired up. Ready to start the day. First up: e-mails.2016-02-26T23:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/26/friday-headlines-february-26-2016/2016-02-26T13:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/25/thirsty-thursday-a-new-kind-of-beer-snob/2016-02-26T01:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/23/and-in-the-category-of-naturally/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/361ed-reference2.jpgReference2Even more apart. This is where things get lost.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d3db1-reference1.jpgReference1Part way through taking it apart. All those little screws!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8b115-portrait.jpgPortraitThe ion source. Tiny. Powerful. Lots of parts.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/66c41-disaster.jpgdisasterNaturally.2016-02-23T19:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/19/friday-headlines-february-19-2016/2016-02-20T02:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/17/clear-your-hydrant-save-your-home/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/22c4d-hydrant_150222.jpgHydrant_150222Same hydrant, last year.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/256ac-hydrant_160217.jpgHydrant_160217One clear hydrant.2016-02-17T17:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/16/snow-day-and-cone-skills/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/25539-comet_160216f.jpgComet_160216fLeap toss.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3a3f7-comet_160216e.jpgComet_160216eAnother leap toss. How magnificent. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9dc57-comet_160216d.jpgComet_160216dThrowing snowballs at the red shed.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/401f4-comet_160216c.jpgComet_160216cWhoa! Actually coming when I call!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aeee7-comet_160216b.jpgComet_160216bExploring.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/515cc-snow_160216.jpgSnow_160216The driveway and picnic heap, er... table.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a71b4-comet_160216a.jpgComet_160216aHere's snow in your eye, Mommy!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/686ec-flamingo_160216.jpgFlamingo_160216Frozen, buried zombie flamingo.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2ef44-traffic_160216.jpgTraffic_1602162016-02-16T18:25:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/15/comet-takes-command/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a5641-12744300_1538491793114562_6196415709622838080_n.jpg12744300_1538491793114562_6196415709622838080_nWordwordswordshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c04c1-12716102_10100525834046188_9174558095427669456_o.jpg12716102_10100525834046188_9174558095427669456_oToday in class...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8903c-12592295_10100518356835578_51897729389424224_n.jpg12592295_10100518356835578_51897729389424224_nThen this.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a6cf2-12187866_10100478497598808_6392942093435662159_n.jpg12187866_10100478497598808_6392942093435662159_nFirst puppy sketch2016-02-16T00:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/14/weaponized-cone-of-shame/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/21e4f-win_20160213_092254-2.jpgWIN_20160213_092254 (2)Pretzel Dog and the Cone of Shame, plotting...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/48da4-12745773_10100524954249308_5825876281001308071_n.jpg12745773_10100524954249308_5825876281001308071_nComet analyzes the wind direction before taking another shot.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e0bb9-12744392_10100524954199408_7616837973568282762_n.jpg12744392_10100524954199408_7616837973568282762_nAfter a practice shot.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cdf44-12734064_10100524954359088_3242080918132329035_n.jpg12734064_10100524954359088_3242080918132329035_nLoading the barrel. Oh wait, there's something good here.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d7eb2-12728949_10100524954309188_3295476499267507794_n.jpg12728949_10100524954309188_3295476499267507794_nAftermath. One happy, snowy puppy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b3317-12670438_10100524489380908_9138974517763456220_n.jpg12670438_10100524489380908_9138974517763456220_n"Can we watch Lassie?"https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3b371-1936297_10100524954269268_2605667522211280858_n.jpg1936297_10100524954269268_2605667522211280858_nLoading the barrel again. This test should be successful.2016-02-14T17:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/14/some-ancient-gruit-ale-and-beer-recipes/2016-02-14T15:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/13/brewing-beer-history-and-basics/2016-02-14T03:17:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/12/friday-headlines-february-12-2016/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4dbbe-charles_darwin_1880.jpgCharles Darwin in 1881Charles Darwin in 1881 resting against pillar covered with vines.2016-02-12T19:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/11/name-that-species/2016-02-12T01:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/11/bones-are-for-vertebrates/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aea7f-illu_compact_spongy_bone.jpgIllu_compact_spongy_boneStructure of a bone. SEER - U.S. National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program Public Domain2016-02-11T21:36:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/11/the-concept-of-the-clade/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/de2f4-640px-clade-grade_ii.svg_.png640px-Clade-grade_II.svgCladogram showing two clades (blue and red) and one paraphyletic group (green) Life of Riley Public Domianhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7ee24-cladistics-apomorphy.pngCladistics-ApomorphySynapomorphy in cladistics Faustino Núñez Hernández CC BY 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8838a-tree_of_life_by_haeckel.jpgTree_of_life_by_HaeckelTree of Life by Ernst Haeckel The Evolution of Man (1879)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/25c16-identical_cladograms.svg_.pngIdentical_cladograms.svgCladograms showing the same relationships in two different ways. Alexei Kouprianov CC BY-SA 3.02016-02-11T14:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/10/embryology-for-vertebrate-paleontologists/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9f008-500px-protovsdeuterostomes.svg_.png500px-Protovsdeuterostomes.svgSummary, including coelom formation. Mesoderm cells are shown in blue.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b3771-neural_crest.pngNeural_CrestDevelopment of the dorsal hollow nerve tube from neural crest cells of the ectoderm (called epidermis here) Public Domain2016-02-11T02:20:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/09/correlation-and-earths-history/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2f6f0-sections.jpgsectionsCartoon showing rock correlation (solid line) and fossil correlation (dashed line)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2211d-morrisontype-2.jpgMorrisonType-2Close-up of the Morrison at the type locality. Ankyman CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dd690-facies.jpgFaciesCartoon showing how time lines (purple, blue, green) can relate to different facies or formations (labeled lithostratigraphic units; denoted with patterns)2016-02-10T03:04:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/08/vertebrates-and-their-closest-relatives/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ec580-360px-tripneustes_ventricosus_west_indian_sea_egg-top_and_echinometra_viridis_reef_urchin_-_bottom.jpg360px-Tripneustes_ventricosus_(West_Indian_Sea_Egg-top)_and_Echinometra_viridis_(Reef_Urchin_-_bottom)Our cousins, the echinoderms. Tripneustes ventricosus (West Indian Sea Egg-top) and Echinometra viridis (Reef Urchin - bottom). Nick Hobgood CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e0b4f-639px-fromia_monilis_seastar.jpg639px-Fromia_monilis_(Seastar)Fromia monilis (Seastar) Nick Hobgood CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8465c-606px-branchiostoma_lanceolatum.jpg606px-Branchiostoma_lanceolatumA Lancelet or Amphioxus Hans Hillewaert CC BY-SA 4.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d735c-600px-bluebell_tunicates_nick_hobgood.jpg600px-Bluebell_tunicates_Nick_HobgoodClavelina moluccensis, the bluebell tunicate Nick Hobgood CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c656e-uroc005b.pngUroc005bAnatomy of a sea squirt Jon Houseman CC BY-SA 3.0https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7ad2f-euconodonta.gifEuconodontaConodont denticles (left) and a reconstruction of the conodont animal (right) Philippe Janvier, 1997 - Tree of Life Web Project CC BY 3.02016-02-09T01:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/07/the-groundhog-might-have-been-right/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4741c-12657924_10100521269872828_3318837117101546525_o.jpg12657924_10100521269872828_3318837117101546525_oWhat's that? SNOW? Not allowed!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1462e-12715793_10100521209653508_4962293284674718804_n.jpg12715793_10100521209653508_4962293284674718804_nComet enjoying munching on a stick while basking in the sun.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a5265-12715490_10100521209578658_6313850097046921275_n.jpg12715490_10100521209578658_6313850097046921275_nChickens relaxing.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/04b74-12650791_10100521209623568_5170694926307905164_n.jpg12650791_10100521209623568_5170694926307905164_nLord Francis (er, Frank) chatting up a hen.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3aa0d-12647150_10100521209728358_740373245662984448_n.jpg12647150_10100521209728358_740373245662984448_nFlowers (Snow Drops) getting ready to bloom - a month earlier than usual.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/648d5-12592444_10100521210377058_4133086543897227179_n.jpg12592444_10100521210377058_4133086543897227179_nFebruary is close to October, right?2016-02-07T20:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/05/guess-what-chicken-butt/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9d3f-160205-14.jpg160205-14https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b7c60-160205-13.jpg160205-13https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e04e4-160205-12.jpg160205-12https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/57d28-160205-11.jpg160205-11https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9e584-160205-10.jpg160205-10https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1dd82-160205-9.jpg160205-9https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b755b-160205-8.jpg160205-8https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50a8f-160205-7.jpg160205-7https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/641b2-160205-6.jpg160205-6https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/42f1d-160205-15.jpg160205-15A very relaxed chick, enjoying a spa treatment.2016-02-06T00:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/05/friday-headlines-february-5-2016/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cec3a-plutosfloatinghills-context-lables_v3-sml-02-04-16.jpgPlutosFloatingHills-Context-lables_V3-sml-02-04-16Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute2016-02-05T23:38:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/03/paying-it-forward/2016-02-04T01:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/02/comets-new-clothes/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/959a5-dsc_5394.jpgDSC_5394Looking quite coyote-yhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f8fb0-dsc_5327.jpgDSC_5327https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5e77f-comet_160202i.jpgComet_160202Ihttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c80ff-comet_160202h_insta.jpgComet_160202H_InstaRelaxing by the chicken coop.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/12e55-comet_160202a_insta.jpgComet_160202A_InstaBounding, because bounding is fun!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/af6e6-comet_160201d.jpgComet_160201DWhen we first tried it on.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8c8b4-comet_160201c.jpgComet_160201Chttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/23f8a-comet_160201a.jpgComet_160201AA Comet, streaking through the night sky!2016-02-02T20:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/02/01/plagiarism-and-copyright-know-the-rules/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/34c89-cc-buttons.jpgcc-buttonsImages for Creative Commons licenses.2016-02-01T15:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/31/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-chills/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e8a74-frost1.jpgfrost12016-01-31T21:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/30/hatching/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bb571-160130-1.jpg160130-1https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bb3b0-160130-2.jpg160130-2Almost open.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/04fd5-160130-3.jpg160130-3First to hatch.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/385a6-160130-4.jpg160130-4Siblings.2016-01-31T03:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/29/friday-headlines-january-29-2016/2016-01-29T22:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/28/privacy-please-im-exercising-here/2016-01-28T21:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/27/my-autistic-son-called-me-from-his-school-and-it-was-sweet/2016-01-27T21:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/26/growing-up/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e508e-win_20160126_141047.jpgWIN_20160126_141047Watching my show!2016-01-27T00:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/25/must-be-monday/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/013a5-lab_selfie_012516.jpgLab_Selfie_012516So pleased, I took a selfie!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3f6f0-lecture_notes.jpgLecture_NotesNotes for a 50-minute lecture. Only four words. Not terribly helpful.2016-01-26T01:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/24/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-tough-sledding/2016-01-25T00:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/23/only-a-few-months-look-how-hes-grown/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/48152-comet_160119.jpgComet_160119https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c71b8-comet_151127.jpgComet_1511272 months old.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/669b6-comet_160123_4mos.jpgComet_160123_4mosComet at 4 months old.2016-01-23T17:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/22/friday-headlines-january-22-2016/2016-01-22T20:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/21/thirsty-thursday-brewing-up-a-brand/2016-01-22T00:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/20/clutter/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7de55-160120_toby.jpg160120_Toby"Shut off the light! I'm trying to sleep here!"https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/32325-160120_office.jpg160120_Office2016-01-21T02:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/19/high-resolutions/2016-01-20T00:36:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/18/writing-season/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/92fd9-160118_conference-cozy.jpg160118_Conference-cozyCozy writing chair selfie.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b98e3-180118_les.jpg180118_LESCreepy vacant house across the street. Snow for scale.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/45bd7-screenshot-2016-01-18-14.55.59.pngScreenshot 2016-01-18 14.55.59The outline of the magical chapter. This is Scrivener, the software I use for all my technical writing.2016-01-18T23:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/17/stroll-before-the-storm/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9c095-160117_cometonproperty.jpg160117_CometOnPropertyComet scans for coyotes. He knows they're out there.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1a62a-160117_farmtrail.jpg160117_FarmTrailThe main trail onto our land. The rest of the trails aren't nearly so clear.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2ca7f-160117_lesw.png160117_LESWApparently it's going to snow...2016-01-17T22:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/16/time-for-a-career-change-no-not-yet/2016-01-17T01:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/15/friday-headlines-january-15-2016/2016-01-16T02:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/14/in-memoriam-charlie-nominee-for-best-cat-ever/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0fa6b-charlie-judgy.jpgCharlie-JudgyIn his elder years, he became rather opinionatedhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/577b9-charlie-judgymeme.jpgCharlie-JudgyMemeJudgy Cat is judging you.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6191f-charlie-lastcuddles.jpgCharlie-LastCuddlesLast snuggles with a dear old friend.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/11e16-charlie-wings.jpgCharlie-WingsThe wings Charlie got when he flew from Kansas to Florida to live with me. I hope they fly him to a wonderful place now.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/026e3-charlie-rip.jpgCharlie-RIPRest in Peace, Charlie Bearhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/23d4f-charlie-birdhunting.jpgCharlie-BirdHuntingCharlie in his youthhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b3ae6-charlie-chillin.jpgCharlie-ChillinMade himself right at home.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d303e-charlie-yawn.jpgCharlie-yawnRoar! Or... Yawn.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f7b7a-charlie-mayihelp.jpgCharlie-MayIHelpAlways observant and helpful.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3acc8-charlie-doingitwrong.jpgCharlie-DoingItWrongWell, helpful in his own Charlie way.2016-01-14T23:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/13/wordless-wednesday-snow-day/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4bf6a-comet-011316-c.jpgComet-011316-chttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/04711-comet-011316-b.jpgComet-011316-bhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c9db6-comet-011316-a.jpgComet-011316-a2016-01-14T03:32:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/12/coursework-groundwork/2016-01-13T02:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/11/always-here/2016-01-11T23:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/10/random-writing-explosions/2016-01-11T02:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/09/a-visit-to-beechwood-state-park/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5b35f-bsp-16-1-9-h.jpgBSP-16-1-9-HA blown-over tree. (Puppy for scale.)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/21722-bsp-16-1-9-a.jpgBSP-16-1-9-AA woodland Husky.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d8c7a-gneiss_puppy_16-1-9.jpgGneiss_Puppy_16-1-9A Gneiss Puppy! Taken today (January 9, 2016).https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c313d-bsp-16-1-9-b.jpgBSP-16-1-9-BSomebody found something good to roll in.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cf82f-bsp-16-1-9-c.jpgBSP-16-1-9-CThe rest of the family.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/01a95-bsp-16-1-9-d.jpgBSP-16-1-9-DOn the lookout for Orcs.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6979e-bsp-16-1-9-e.jpgBSP-16-1-9-EA marshy inlet from Lake Ontario.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a31f3-bsp-16-1-9-f.jpgBSP-16-1-9-FThe beach is a little icy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3dccc-bsp-16-1-9-g.jpgBSP-16-1-9-GContemplative puppy.2016-01-10T01:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/08/friday-headlines-january-8-2016/2016-01-08T12:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/07/mass-spectrographs-and-the-birth-of-stable-isotope-geochemistry/2016-01-08T01:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/07/thirsty-thursday-whats-brew/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cf8ef-sterling_pilsner-151027.jpgSterling_Pilsner-151027The day I started the Pilsner. Since it ferments at low temperatures, it's still going.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b5e3c-baltimorphic_complex.jpgBaltimorphic_ComplexFirst pour (in my Archaeopteryx glass!)2016-01-07T13:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/06/wordless-wednesday-the-brothers-purr/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d7b0b-brothers-purr-the-early-years.jpgBrothers Purr the early yearshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2c4c7-brothers-purr.jpgBrothers Purr2016-01-06T14:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/06/blogher-writing-lab-technology-bytes/2016-01-06T13:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/04/blogher-writing-lab-balancing-act/2016-01-04T22:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/03/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-far-far-away/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/149f1-starwars_ww60.jpgStarWars_WW602016-01-04T02:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/02/growing-up-husky/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c8533-comet-151213-2.jpgComet-151213-2Chicken watching.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9e5e-comet-151128-1.jpgComet-151128-1Puppy on gneiss! Taken on November 28, 2015.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b00da-comet-152128-2.jpgComet-152128-2Overlooking Lake Ontario with the family.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4f285-comet-151229.jpgComet-151229Puppy's first rabies shot!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4d718-comet-151225.jpgComet-151225Merry Christmas Comet!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9593d-comet-151220.jpgComet-151220Walkies in the park.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2c7e1-comet-151213.jpgComet-151213A private, safe place to run for little puppy. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/459cc-comet-151207.jpgComet-151207Midnight walks. Comet shows that he's going to be the branch manager one day!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1c4b6-comet-151123.jpgComet-151123The first snow of the season. (Sadly, thus far the only snow of the season.) Comet loves the snow!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7cd6f-comet-151115-movein.jpgComet-151115-MoveInThe excitement of moving was a little taxing.2016-01-02T15:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2016/01/01/wait-what-happened/2016-01-01T22:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/11/05/countdown-to-comet/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2c460-comet_150928-1wk.jpgComet_150928-1wkI'm a puppy. I chew.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/15d14-comet_151025c-5wks_sketch.jpgComet_151025c-5wks_sketchhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/daf50-comet_151105a-6_5.jpgComet_151105a-6_5Being a little shy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2a660-comet_151105b-6_5wks.jpgComet_151105b-6_5wksHappy boy. Happy pup. 6.5 weeks.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/041da-comet_151025d-5wks.jpgComet_151025d-5wkshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/58d12-comet_151025c-5wks.jpgComet_151025c-5wksWhat is this? 5 weeks.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f3568-comet_151025b-5wks.jpgComet_151025b-5wksClose up. 5 weeks.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/af037-comet_151025a-5wks.jpgComet_151025a-5wksBoy and 5 week old puppy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9857e-comet_151010-3wks.jpgComet_151010-3wksBonding. Comet is 3 weeks here.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3f80c-comet_151004-2wks.jpgComet_151004-2wksNot quite sure how to hold the pup. Comet is 2 weeks old here.2015-11-06T04:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/11/04/culinary-art-the-baltimorphic-complex/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/57546-keg_sanitized.jpgKeg_SanitizedA five gallon 'corny' keg.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4fd52-keg_filling.jpgKeg_FillingBaltimorphic Complex in the hole!!!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/36b3e-keg_carbonating.jpgKeg_CarbonatingCarbonate! Carbonate!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/90816-baltimorphiccomplex_ingred.jpgBaltimorphicComplex_IngredIngredients for the improved Baltimorphic Complexhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3f083-baltimorphic_racking.jpgBaltimorphic_RackingRacking the Baltimorphic Complex after three weeks in the primary fermenter.2015-11-04T16:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/11/03/coolest-job-evar/2015-11-04T02:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/11/02/longsword-and-imagination-collide-unexpectedly/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/90000-schrankhut.jpgSchrankhutMy quick sketch of Schrankhut2015-11-02T16:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/11/01/november-is-for-written-and-visual-arts/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/13b61-10469747_10100285348700748_6657375619504536141_n.jpg10469747_10100285348700748_6657375619504536141_nLast year, DINOvember and NaNoWriMo briefly crossed paths.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/82dfc-11202658_10100476570380968_121651211607988511_n.jpg11202658_10100476570380968_121651211607988511_nStarry Night by Vincent van Dough2015-11-02T01:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/09/20/horses-2/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/96a78-dsc_4728.jpgDSC_4728https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e30c3-dsc_4703.jpgDSC_4703https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d9050-dsc_4822.jpgDSC_4822https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/97588-dsc_4775.jpgDSC_4775https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3e809-dsc_4765.jpgDSC_4765https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aeab5-dsc_4741.jpgDSC_4741https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/39cd7-dsc_4699.jpgDSC_4699https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/68db2-316545_666397676588_1143614_n.jpg316545_666397676588_1143614_nIncluding, but not limited to, paying money for a jousting horse ride at the local ren faire.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bc269-904334_905796444538_496981988_o.jpg904334_905796444538_496981988_oMy very first toy horses.2015-09-21T02:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/08/05/fieldwork-travelogue-the-mummified-fauna-of-natural-trap-cave-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/85607-20150725_113955.jpg20150725_113955Those fuzzy rabbit's feet didn't help much.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/646d8-20150721_093854.jpg20150721_093854One year later, Packy le Pew is a little dessicated, but not too much worse for wear.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5670e-20150721_103111.jpg20150721_103111Look at his poofy tail!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/80cea-20150721_103231.jpg20150721_103231A rattlesnake. Delightful.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f84c7-20150721_103333.jpg20150721_103333It's an 'S' for 'hisssssssssss'https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/49b63-20150721_103429.jpg20150721_103429Poor bluebird.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/01dc0-20150721_121309.jpg20150721_1213092015-08-05T17:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/26/field-work-travelogue-days-15-and-16-last-days-at-the-trap-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ab7ac-20150725_111837.jpg20150725_111837PI Alan Cooper collects DNA samples in the cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/68d37-20150725_125759.jpg20150725_125759Justin (left) and Juan (right) excavating a metapodial bone. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3b169-20150725_1257591.jpg20150725_125759(1)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cb4c8-20150725_152754.jpg20150725_152754A fossil horse tooth. The grinding surface is on the left. Only about 1/5 of this tooth stuck above the gum line.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0970a-20150725_183908.jpg20150725_183908None shall enter the cave without the key...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9a4ff-20150725_184029.jpg20150725_184029An evening excursion. Sounds like a good idea, right?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d80eb-20150725_184210.jpg20150725_184210How did that New York truck get there?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ba703-20150725_194038.jpg20150725_194038The end of the field season.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/16ef0-20150725_194815.jpg20150725_194815Stowing the climbing gear.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9383d-20150725_202440.jpg20150725_202440Justin conjurs gypsum mustaches...2015-07-27T03:46:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/25/field-work-travelogue-day-14-searching-for-the-red-beds-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/29000-20150724_222104.jpg20150724_222104A terrible flash photo, but you can clearly see the reddish layer. The hole in it is where I removed sediment for analysis.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0e13b-20150724_110951-e1437796749739.jpg20150724_110951Red layers are between limestone (the blocky) layers... but no actual red rock to be seen.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/59bb7-20150724_204600-e1437796784211.jpg20150724_204600https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/33b51-20150724_112712-e1437796891199.jpg20150724_112712The red rocks weather so easily they make only smooth hill slopes.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/636e8-20150724_114303-e1437797393306.jpg20150724_114303Red rocks with rock hammer for scale. The greenish blebs are where conditions were not oxidizing, so iron stays grey.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/23683-20150724_114554-e1437797818971.jpg20150724_114554I'm not sure why this rock is so purple. No doubt there's a mineralogical reason. The white layer above is unoxidized like in the red rocks.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1a9e2-20150724_145337.jpg20150724_145337Little bones everywhere.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/440e6-20150724_195808.jpg20150724_195808https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f3d4f-20150724_170647.jpg20150724_170647A brachiopod (a clam-like animal) next to what is likely the ear part of a mammal skull.2015-07-25T04:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/24/field-work-travelogue-day-13-and-i-aint-lion-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b5408-20150723_111032.jpg20150723_111032I'm just a tooth, hanging out under a rock.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e8127-20150723_153428.jpg20150723_153428While Cory works, the rest of us supervise.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1b00c-20150723_153539-e1437712409918.jpg20150723_153539Postdoc Cory Redman uncovers a scapula (shoulder blade) that he uncovered.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/46de2-20150723_094922-e1437712205850.jpg20150723_094922Toilet Paper Man, aka John Logdson, descends into the cave with a roll of toilet paper attached to his helmet. Our hero!2015-07-24T04:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/22/field-work-travelogue-day-12-cheetahs-cheetahs-everywhere-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b3505-20150722_092032.jpg20150722_092032The Bison pelvis before removal.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d0c19-20150722_092213-e1437615676817.jpg20150722_092213Kacia Cain prepares to package the Bison pelvis for removal.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c650e-20150722_120949.jpg20150722_120949Sitting in a sunbeam.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/76545-20150722_130523-e1437616125648.jpg20150722_130523PI Julie Meachen takes a moment to warm up in the sun before getting back to work.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5dbaf-20150722_131130-e1437615896152.jpg20150722_131130A cheetah incisor tooth.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/27aa2-20150722_150302.jpg20150722_150302Postdoc Cory Redman muscles a huge rock aside. Under this we found the calcaneum pictured above.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9d5f-20150722_151948-e1437615836777.jpg20150722_151948Calcaneum (heel bone) of a North American cheetah.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/003ed-20150722_190955.jpg20150722_190955North American cheetah lower jaw fragment with the first molar.2015-07-23T01:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/21/field-work-travelogue-day-11-back-into-the-depths-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/caa59-20150721_111403-e1437537078538.jpg20150721_111403Morning floor lighting at Natural Trap Cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0147b-20150721_135805.jpg20150721_135805Digging for cheetahs.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/963f0-20150721_143607.jpg20150721_143607The vertical bone is a cheetah metatarsal (foot) bone. Lying next to it is a sheep toe bone. Yes, the cheetah bone was found that way. It was deposited nearly vertically.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/78ce9-20150721_145450-e1437536830556.jpg20150721_145450A cheetah metacarpal (hand) bone.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d4138-20150721_151859.jpg20150721_151859Sometimes, shovels and buckets are what's called for.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8af24-20150721_154412-e1437537330368.jpg20150721_154412I'm thinking Beaker from the Muppets.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/62c35-20150721_161449-e1437537189166.jpg20150721_161449The sun clock says it's nearly time to leave.2015-07-22T03:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/20/field-work-travelogue-day-10-comings-and-goings-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2e819-20150720_194825.jpg20150720_194825Truckie enjoys another typical Wyoming sunset.2015-07-21T03:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/20/field-work-travelogue-day-9-up-and-down-ball-bearing-hill-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/54ede-20150719_083322-e1437364007313.jpg20150719_083322A slightly overcooked pancake.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2cc9b-20150719_120511.jpg20150719_120511A broken part of an unerupted molar of a large hooved mammal.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/26069-20150719_143345.jpg20150719_143345More screened sediment drying in the sun.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a48be-20150719_145057.jpg20150719_145057Natural Trap Cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f3dc1-20150719_145930.jpg20150719_145930PI Julie Meachen climbs from the cave.2015-07-20T04:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/18/field-work-travelogue-day-8-screening-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f5742-20150718_200004.jpg20150718_200004Another sunset over Natural Trap Cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/710c5-20150718_122101.jpg20150718_122101Samples from two different localities in the cave, drying in the sun.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/39b47-20150718_120655.jpg20150718_120655Then, agitate the screens a bit to get the clay and silt to fall off the sediments that you're interested in.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dc18a-20150718_101916.jpg20150718_101916Carefully put the boxes in the sun to dry. Put them at an angle so the water drains off.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/14c8e-20150718_101208.jpg20150718_101208A little claw.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/211b7-20150718_094811.jpg20150718_094811Adding sediment for screening. Don't add too much - It clogs the screens.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8516f-20150718_094430.jpg20150718_094430They float. First, let them soak for a while.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1abe2-20150718_094052.jpg20150718_094052https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/54532-20150718_091226.jpg20150718_091226Screen-washing area, ready-to-go.2015-07-19T03:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/17/field-work-travelogue-day-7-back-into-the-natural-trap-cave-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/15ce2-dsc_4381-2.jpgDSC_4381 (2)We had a fuzzy visitor in the cave today. Apparently, the cave does support a small population of cute fuzzies.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a7271-dsc_4375.jpgDSC_4375Taking a break while others plunge on.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/81223-dsc_4372-e1437185062647.jpgDSC_4372Postdoc Cory Redman watches while the top crew prepares to hoist up some sediments for screen washing.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/378f4-dsc_4349-e1437185101469.jpgDSC_4349No photo can capture the immensity of the cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8f865-dsc_4327.jpgDSC_4327Accessing the fossiliferous layer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2199d-dsc_4323.jpgDSC_4323The ladder to nowhere. 30 years ago, this went into a lower chamber.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a2be6-dsc_4315.jpgDSC_4315In the foreground, taking down some overburden to an abundantly fossiliferous layer. In the back, quarrying some large bones from the same layer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3c5d6-dsc_4296-e1437185030484.jpgDSC_4296It's a long way down.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d6b5c-dsc_4243.jpgDSC_4243Planning the day's work while the rest of the crew descends.2015-07-18T02:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/17/field-work-travelogue-day-6-resupply/2015-07-17T04:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/16/field-work-travelogue-day-5-into-the-depths/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/40d45-20150715_203212.jpg20150715_203212A spectacular double rainbow.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d7723-20150715_113113.jpg20150715_113113Planning the day's work.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f8639-20150715_114015.jpg20150715_114015Light beams through the grate.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/18938-20150715_123630.jpg20150715_123630From the inside, looking out.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1cc65-20150715_193909.jpg20150715_193909Shut down, waiting for tomorrow.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/07e87-20150715_201023.jpg20150715_201023Sunset through the rain clouds.2015-07-16T05:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/15/field-work-travelogue-day-4-science-and-errands-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/384c0-20150714_085318.jpg20150714_085318Making sure everything is ready for the first scientists to descend.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3760f-20150714_105415.jpg20150714_105415Ball-bearing hill. This photo does it no justice. It's steep and covered with loose, pointy rock.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cc4b0-20150714_110825.jpg20150714_110825This stretch of road has no name that I am aware of, but has deep, diagonal ditches crossing it at about 50 foot intervals. Goody.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/85d32-20150714_174016.jpg20150714_174016Juan and Rick wait for the next scientist to climb out of the cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/16709-img_20150714_205945.jpgIMG_20150714_205945Tom and Steve watch me practice the mid-rope switch from ascending to rappelling.2015-07-15T05:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/14/field-work-travelogue-day-3-rigging-training-sight-seeing-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d3ac5-20150713_090256.jpg20150713_090256There's a cave there. A Natural Trap.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5b2fc-20150713_133319.jpg20150713_133319The "Trapparatus." No one goes into the cave without first passing this test.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7330a-20150713_162712.jpg20150713_162712Gated, but not forgotten.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/57425-dsc_4241.jpgDSC_4241https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9e516-dsc_4233-e1436850719841.jpgDSC_4233https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d8001-dsc_4231-e1436850765972.jpgDSC_4231https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3fa4c-dsc_4230.jpgDSC_4230https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/08787-dsc_4223.jpgDSC_4223https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/65f3a-dsc_4222.jpgDSC_4222https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/34952-dsc_4221-e1436850805196.jpgDSC_42212015-07-14T05:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/07/13/field-work-travelogue-day-2-arrival-at-natural-trap-cave-ntcave15/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d260d-20150712_111326.jpg20150712_111326High Altitude Meadowshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7260e-20150712_112322.jpg20150712_112322Snow in summer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a7554-20150712_113315.jpg20150712_113315Steep Road and Substantial Drop-offs.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e747b-20150712_173804.jpg20150712_173804Truckie at the top2015-07-13T05:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/06/23/bad-geology-movies-jurassic-world-2015/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/80124-dsc_3937.jpgDSC_3937Jurassic 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Here, through the gasbench. Click to enlarge.2015-03-17T15:18:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/03/13/friday-headlines-3-13-15/2015-03-13T14:46:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/03/12/thirsty-thursday-something-for-my-peeps/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4cb51-peeps.jpgPeepsPeeps!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c2703-peep-030915-mead-fermentation.jpgPeep 030915 Mead FermentationTiny bubbles in the Peep mead.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/51330-peep-030915-mead-bubbles.jpgPeep 030915 Mead BubblesThe bubbles in the airlock are particularly photogenic today...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9fdbe-peep-030815-wheat-mead-fermenting.jpgPeep 030815 Wheat Mead FermentingFermenting away.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/68c37-peep-030715-wheat-mead-pitched.jpgPeep 030715 Wheat Mead PitchedThe yeast is pitched. Now hoping for fermentation.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/61302-peep-030715-wheat-boiling.jpgPeep 030715 Wheat BoilingBoiling the Peep wheat. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/87453-peep-030715-mead-pre-pitch.jpgPeep 030715 Mead Pre-PitchThe Peep mead before I pitched the yeast.2015-03-12T15:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/03/10/climate-science-and-perception/2015-03-10T15:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/02/13/friday-headlines-2-13-15/2015-02-14T00:40:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/02/10/i-spy-the-home-office/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f37e9-i-spy-home-office.jpgI spy home officeDo you see what I see? Click to enlarge.2015-02-10T18:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/02/09/mechanical-monday-motorized-mayhem/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8ab01-wpid-2015-02-09-18.08.02.png.pngwpid-2015-02-09-18.08.02.png.png2015-02-10T02:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/02/06/friday-headlines-2-6-15/2015-02-07T01:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/02/05/whats-brew-february-5-2015/2015-02-06T02:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/02/04/i-spy-my-cluttered-desk/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/48468-i-spy-1.jpgI spy 1Do you see what I see?2015-02-04T18:31:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/30/friday-headlines-1-30-15/2015-01-30T15:33:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/29/yam-tastic-oil-change-porter/2015-01-29T15:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/28/wednesdays-whimsy/2015-01-29T01:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/26/365papers-january-26-2015/2015-01-27T04:02:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/19/my-orange-baby/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aeacc-10906392_10100326108647488_3072613495462894370_n.jpg10906392_10100326108647488_3072613495462894370_nSnug and comfy at home.2015-01-20T01:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/17/whats-brew-january-17-2015/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9fa74-20150117_192847-e1421541743221.jpg20150117_192847Baltimorphic Complex2015-01-18T01:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/15/snowflakes/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9ab47-20150115_081002.jpg20150115_081002https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d44d5-20150115_080924.jpg20150115_080924https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/99164-20150115_080905.jpg20150115_080905https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/37a84-20150115_080804.jpg20150115_080804https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4e649-20150115_080758.jpg20150115_080758https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/77188-20150115_080658.jpg20150115_080658https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/55b39-20150115_080559.jpg20150115_080559https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e8a01-20150115_080525.jpg20150115_080525https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d4343-20150115_080505.jpg20150115_0805052015-01-15T19:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/14/what-is-gruit/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/92dfd-10600513_10100326299989038_5564537258707082698_n.jpg10600513_10100326299989038_5564537258707082698_nSeeds are available online, but not from the typical 'big' seed stores.2015-01-15T00:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/14/synchronized-sleeping/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/12791-10887342_10100327123144428_8986860343636166915_o.jpg10887342_10100327123144428_8986860343636166915_oNot only do they sleep alike, they look alike.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d857c-1931231_529619062028_941_n.jpg1931231_529619062028_941_nThey just curl up in that special way.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3b507-1931231_529618962228_4387_n.jpg1931231_529618962228_4387_nThe 'napping face-paw' has a high degree of difficulty.2015-01-14T23:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/13/what-is-beer/2015-01-14T02:37:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/11/new-year-new-challenge-canning/2015-01-12T00:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/11/concluding-breweekend/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b519a-10933757_10100325820739458_2913882054751360771_n.jpg10933757_10100325820739458_2913882054751360771_nYam-tastic Oil Change Porter. In 2-3 weeks, totally drinkable.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dc10c-1506991_10100326121262208_7916417372495196461_n.jpg1506991_10100326121262208_7916417372495196461_nCrushing the specialty grains.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/89a1b-1379499_10100326128722258_6171798780618066694_n.jpg1379499_10100326128722258_6171798780618066694_nChicky-masher helped prepare the yams.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ad4b4-62656_10100326189011438_7499106449829769561_n.jpg62656_10100326189011438_7499106449829769561_nIrish red ale. Ferment! Ferment like the wind!2015-01-12T00:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/10/pennys-pumpkin-ale/2015-01-10T16:24:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/10/breweekend/2015-01-10T16:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/09/friday-headlines-1-9-15/2015-01-09T20:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/08/thirsty-thursday-experiments-and-equipment/2015-01-09T02:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/08/random-cake/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ad299-10931354_10100324871481778_4842791343304975969_n.jpgOne gallon at a timeNot pictured: four more one gallon carboys.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b4d0d-1013614_10100324888482708_8356392763562594328_n1.jpgRandom cakeA cake in its natural environmenthttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3d654-wpid-2015-01-08-20.51.12.png.pngwpid-2015-01-08-20.51.12.png.pnghttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8272a-wpid-2015-01-08-20.48.11.png.pngwpid-2015-01-08-20.48.11.png.pngCake!!!2015-01-09T02:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/07/remembering-art/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f5f5a-second-guess-logos.jpgStage 1Still a lot of work to be done, but I think it'll be cool when finished. I used red, so I could see my lines over the original sketch.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6f432-2014-12-31-23.32.39.jpg2014-12-31 23.32.39The original sketch. I also thought a rooster could benefit from a knightly helm.2015-01-08T02:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/06/multitasking-makes-it-happen/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/af5ec-sword-practice.jpgSword PracticeA marvelous practice space.2015-01-06T20:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/05/old-habits-die-hard/2015-01-05T13:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/04/brewing-central/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f46e8-win_20150104_125708-e1420399722562.jpgWIN_20150104_125708It's a brewing shelf? No, it's a small greenhouse that's been re-purposed.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b8f7b-win_20150104_125642.jpgWIN_20150104_125642Since I took this photo, I've added 55 bottles of ginger beer and will add 45 bottles of porter very, very soon.2015-01-04T19:38:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/04/master-task-list/2015-01-04T17:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/02/now-make-them-stick/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c72c2-screenshot-2015-01-02-19.25.56.pngScreenshot 2015-01-02 19.25.56Todoist for Windows 7/8https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6598f-screenshot_2015-01-02-19-20-22.pngScreenshot_2015-01-02-19-20-22Todoist for Android2015-01-03T00:37:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2015/01/01/resolutions-and-resettings/2015-01-02T02:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/29/no-time-to-think-twice/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a30a8-20141229_1634341-e1419901329943.jpg20141229_163434(1)It would seem that this fence had been here for a while.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b0c1c-20141229_163339.jpg20141229_163339I just really like this little corner.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/65707-20141229_162050.jpg20141229_162050Perfect for chickenshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f0062-20141229_160418.jpg20141229_160418Outstanding in his field.2014-12-30T01:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/27/not-in-rochester/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/42c63-dsc_3253-2.jpgDSC_3253 (2)And the loveliest of all... The black vulture.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/05edc-10882251_10100310383705398_4975633734114586786_n.jpg10882251_10100310383705398_4975633734114586786_nA horseshoe crab. (Unfortunately, this guy was dead.)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5e7fe-2014-12-25-14.28.23.jpg2014-12-25 14.28.23So ugly he's beautiful.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b59cc-2014-12-25-14.18.37.jpg2014-12-25 14.18.37Is this my good side?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e9f8c-20141225_144704.jpg20141225_144704Red flowershttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b1308-20141225_142500.jpg20141225_142500A muscovy duck that reminds me of Darth Maulhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/844b5-20141225_122024.jpg20141225_122024How can you say no to a mango.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/775a3-20141225_121422.jpg20141225_121422I really love this pine.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5fd29-20141225_121335.jpg20141225_121335Some kind of pine.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9448d-20141225_115026.jpg20141225_1150262014-12-28T03:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/25/happy-holidays/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9d1c4-dsc_3183.jpgDSC_3183Best. Present. Ever.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d9b2c-dsc_3177.jpgDSC_3177What's in the box?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/64555-dsc_3169.jpgDSC_3169Happy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ed737-20141225_152235.jpg20141225_152235Ping-pong war.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b2899-20141225_152227.jpg20141225_152227Bammo!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eb248-20141225_141451.jpg20141225_141451Saying hi to the locals.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/66602-20141225_082451-e1419558715400.jpg20141225_082451Presents ready and waiting.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e070e-20141225_082351-e1419558777421.jpg20141225_082351The boy's enthusiasm was overwhelming.2014-12-26T02:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/23/the-griswolds-house/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/42a0f-20141223_201448.jpg20141223_201448https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b2e5b-20141223_200912-e1419387696213.jpg20141223_200912Smiles aboundhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2e62d-20141223_200732.jpg20141223_200732https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6c149-20141223_200556.jpg20141223_200556https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1a7b0-2014-12-23-21.13.03.jpg2014-12-23 21.13.03Hyatt Extreme Christmas2014-12-24T02:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/23/lifes-a-beach/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a5fea-img_9521.jpgIMG_9521What is this "salty water"?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/57104-img_9517.jpgIMG_9517https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/12c94-20141223_141946.jpg20141223_141946https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/10a38-20141223_140932.jpg20141223_140932https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eff0d-20141223_130014.jpg20141223_130014Mini Man-o-War.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bd92d-2014-12-23-13.13.15.jpg2014-12-23 13.13.15There were a few theropods here. (Dime for scale.)2014-12-23T22:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/23/archosaurs-galore/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7dcd5-1969158_10100307952557438_4933208235750793381_n.jpg1969158_10100307952557438_4933208235750793381_nMy old professor.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0c586-20141222_132421.jpg20141222_132421The Alligator Farmhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/040c5-20141222_124655-e1419371759141.jpg20141222_124655My old professor.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fba69-20141222_122521.jpg20141222_122521American Alligatorshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e3282-20141222_111557.jpg20141222_111557We saw some local geology.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f2146-2014-12-22-12.36.36.jpg2014-12-22 12.36.36Snakey.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5e5ef-2014-12-22-12.29.28.jpg2014-12-22 12.29.28Florida Christmas ornaments.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3dffc-2014-12-22-11.51.45.jpg2014-12-22 11.51.45Cranes.2014-12-23T22:05:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/18/thirsty-thursday-decembers-brewing-madness/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/846b7-coffee-stout.jpgCoffee StoutHeavy Gravityhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/229b3-glowing-cider.jpgGlowing CiderIs it supposed to look like this?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/655d3-yeast-pitched-e1418957510598.jpgYeast PitchedRight after pitching the yeast.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ad29e-whole-lotta-brewing-e1418955996529.jpgWhole Lotta BrewingThree different beers, fermenting simultaneously.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2e053-sweet-potatoes.jpgSweet PotatoesYams.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/72cef-specialty-grains-and-yams.jpgSpecialty Grains and YamsThat's yams on the left and grains on the right.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ed5a7-shopping-list.jpgShopping ListThere's a shopping list.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/503e4-racking-the-stout-e1418956821464.jpgRacking the StoutRacking the stouthttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/46614-priming-honey.jpgPriming Honeyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d8428-measuring-sugar.jpgMeasuring Sugar2014-12-19T03:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/12/05/friday-headlines-12-5-14/2014-12-05T15:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/30/art-every-day-day-30/2014-11-30T21:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/29/lorem-ipsum-is-dead/2014-11-30T02:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/29/art-every-day-day-29-im-still-here/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5998b-a-visual-pop-culture-pun.jpgA Visual Pop Culture PunA visual pop-culture pun. Do you get it?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5fc47-bass4-2.jpgPrintThe final fish.2014-12-01T01:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/28/thirsty-thursday-on-friday-racking-the-cider/2014-11-28T20:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/28/friday-headlines-11-28-14/2014-11-28T20:36:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/21/friday-headlines-11-21-14/2014-11-21T14:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/19/art-every-day-day-19/2014-11-20T04:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/19/your-holiday-dinosaur-ver2/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/40285-relationships.jpgPrintAves - G.E. Lodge (T.M. Keesey) Public Domain Pygostylia - Changchengornis hengdaoziensis - Matt Martyniuk CC 3.0 NC-SA-By Eumaniraptora - Archaeopteryx - T.M.Keesey Public Domain Maniraptora - Jianchangosaurus yixianensis - Hanyong Pu, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Junchang Lü, Li Xu, Yanhua Wu, Huali Chang, Jiming Zhang, Songhai Jia & T. Michael Keesey CC 3.0 By Neotetanurae - Sciurumimus albersdoeferi - Gareth Monger CC 3.0 By Theropoda - Tyrannosaurus rex - Scott Hartman CC 3.0 NC-SA-By Theropoda - Eodromaeus murphi - Conty (Modified) CC 3.0 By Apatosaurus - Scott Hartman CC 3.0 NC-SA-By Pterosauria - Preondactylus buffarinii - Mark Witton CC NC-SA-By Ornithodira - Dromomeron romeri - Nobu Tamura CC 3.0 By Crocodylia - Crocodylus porosus - Steven Traver Public Domain Archosauromorpha - Prolacerta broomi - T.M. Keesey Public Domainhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4660c-pubis-pygostyle.jpgPrintThe pelvis of a duck, showing the backward pointing pubis and pygostyle.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/31cf3-gator-neck.jpgPrintAlligator cervial-to-dorsal vertebrae transition. Vertebrae are very similar, only really distinct by having ribs (dorsal vertebrae only). Four cervical vertebrae to the left, five dorsal to the right.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/11c54-duck-neck.jpgPrintCervical-to-dorsal vertebrae transition in a duck. Notice the change in the shape of the vertebrae. Five complete cervical vertebrae to the left, three dorsal vertebrae to the right.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/84b8d-20141119_141438.jpg20141119_141438Wing of a duck.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e92f6-20141119_141347.jpg20141119_141347The pygostyle, where the tail feathers attach in a bird.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b78b3-800px-birdwing.svg_.png800px-Birdwing.svgStructure of the wing bones of a modern bird. Credit: Shyamal CC 2.5 SA-Byhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8b77d-20141119_134456.jpg20141119_134456Alligator cervial-to-dorsal vertebrae transition. Vertebrae are very similar, only really distinct by having ribs (dorsal vertebrae only)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/57dfb-20141119_134419.jpg20141119_134419Cervical-to-dorsal vertebrae transition in a duck. Notice the change in the shape of the vertebrae.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bb5e3-20141119_134243.jpg20141119_134243Pigeon. Metatarsal I is part of the backward pointing toe. It is very close to the other toes, rather than higher on the foot.2014-11-20T02:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/16/wordless-wednesday-challenge-arrows/2014-11-17T01:16:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/14/art-every-day-day-14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5a19e-bass4-1.jpgPrintFish-in-Progress.2014-11-14T22:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/14/friday-headlines-11-14-14/2014-11-14T15:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/13/art-every-day-day-13/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1d464-elegram2.jpgElegram22014-11-13T19:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/13/thirsty-thursday-pennys-pumpkin-ale-and-more/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5f337-10526066_10100287339271628_2256123386765909327_n.jpg10526066_10100287339271628_2256123386765909327_nIt looked dark and chewy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6e371-10487278_10100287340139888_6262728703544809486_n.jpg10487278_10100287340139888_6262728703544809486_nThe worst, most time-consuming part of bottling.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/67710-10433074_10100289463619418_1132796500942283251_n.jpg10433074_10100289463619418_1132796500942283251_nWhen in apple country, make hard cider. Of course.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/488dc-1779678_10100287352270578_5857245089812533006_n1.jpg1779678_10100287352270578_5857245089812533006_nBut, as it happens, it was a beautiful golden color!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/24b18-1015800_10100287379920168_3700904613493592091_o.jpg1015800_10100287379920168_3700904613493592091_o45 bottles2014-11-13T19:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/12/art-every-day-day-12/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1dca8-2014-11-12-14.13.30.jpg2014-11-12 14.13.30It's like a $100,000 puzzle!2014-11-12T19:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/11/art-every-day-day-11/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/afba4-elegram1.jpgElegram12014-11-11T20:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/10/art-every-day-day-10/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c71ee-bass3-1.jpgPrint2014-11-11T05:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/09/art-every-day-day-9/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5975c-20141109_192035.jpg20141109_192035The D-ring at the top of the quiver. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/59a7a-20141109_192014.jpg20141109_192014The adjustment buckle at the bottom of the quiver.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/516b7-20141109_185017.jpg20141109_185017Various buckles and straps. Notice also the omnipresent mug full of my homebrew.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1a318-20141109_184120.jpg20141109_184120Forming the tube.2014-11-10T02:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/09/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-dinowrimo/2014-11-09T05:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/08/art-every-day-day-8/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3986b-1779678_10100287352270578_5857245089812533006_n.jpg1779678_10100287352270578_5857245089812533006_nSuch a lovely golden color!2014-11-09T03:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/08/yesterday-i-met-a-man/2014-11-08T20:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/07/friday-headlines-11-7-14/2014-11-07T23:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/07/art-every-day-day-7/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6a659-bass2-1.jpgPrint2014-11-07T19:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/06/art-every-day-day-6/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5cf1e-sunfish1.jpgSunfish12014-11-07T00:34:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/05/art-every-day-day-5/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3626f-crappie2.jpgCrappie2These colors are much better.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/17e96-bass1-1.jpgPrintGreen Fish2014-11-05T18:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/04/art-every-day-day-4/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/66eb8-crappie.jpgCrappieNot sure I'm totally pleased with this drawing, but whatever...2014-11-05T04:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/04/in-the-wee-hours/2014-11-04T20:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/03/pennys-house-of-isotopes/2014-11-04T04:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/03/art-every-day-day-3/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a6c9e-all-about-the-bass.jpgPrintHmmm. Fish.2014-11-03T22:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/02/art-every-day-day-2/2014-11-03T00:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/02/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-the-green-glow/2014-11-03T00:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/01/november-a-month-of-acronyms/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/52b2b-10482762_10100276402708588_898521075608232974_n.jpg10482762_10100276402708588_898521075608232974_nA sketch I drew one day in our department's weekly seminar.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d768b-1911021_10100278738083478_218046512503017235_o.jpg1911021_10100278738083478_218046512503017235_oDrawn in Adobe Illustrator. Totally how I felt on that particular day.2014-11-02T23:58:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/11/01/halloween-wrap-up-what-was-i/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2ce4e-photo-3-e1414871149807.jpgphoto 3From the side. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/89a62-photo-2-e1414871105257.jpgphoto 2From the front. One day I'll get the knee on my right leg to fit correctly.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b9a25-photo-1-e1414871013906.jpgphoto 1The base layer.2014-11-01T19:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/31/what-will-i-be/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/38be6-10414527_10100282296901578_8889915027408286918_n.jpg10414527_10100282296901578_8889915027408286918_nSeriously, I love this. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/befd4-10378271_10100282303183988_7133171239012305785_n.jpg10378271_10100282303183988_7133171239012305785_nSo many things, I need a suitcase to get them to the office.2014-11-01T17:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/31/friday-headlines-10-31-14/2014-10-31T15:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/30/sir-oxford-comma/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2ccb3-sir-oxford-comma.jpgSir Oxford CommaSir Oxford Comma costume. Requires three things in a list. Now, how to suspend the lance and ropes?2014-10-30T15:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/29/power-sewing/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/69dc6-10391446_10100281952691378_1638363196576643816_n.jpg10391446_10100281952691378_1638363196576643816_n...And somehow, I didn't get the sleeves in backwards or inside out.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/16757-10353700_10100281927851158_9148881040930544662_n.jpg10353700_10100281927851158_9148881040930544662_nRoughing out the bodice.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/21803-10347151_10100281979118418_8333523811988816607_n.jpg10347151_10100281979118418_8333523811988816607_nA little itchy, but it'll do.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6f961-10306748_10100281968933828_1198484708509657063_n.jpg10306748_10100281968933828_1198484708509657063_nAll the gores in the sleeves work perfectly to give me the mobility I need.2014-10-30T03:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/28/lair-bahn/2014-10-28T18:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/27/the-horror/2014-10-27T14:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/26/by-the-fire/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/66b3a-10453462_10100278315989358_7468993619447068360_n.jpg10453462_10100278315989358_7468993619447068360_n2014-10-27T00:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/24/friday-headlines-10-24-14/2014-10-24T14:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/24/the-autumn-of-life/2014-10-24T13:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/23/a-leafy-gown/2014-10-23T14:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/22/why-are-the-paleos-talking-about-laundry/2014-10-23T03:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/22/wordless-wednesday-falls-leaves/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/40519-20141008_151111-e1413985143268.jpg20141008_151111Fall at Mendon Ponds Park.2014-10-22T13:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/21/orange-rhymes-with-door-hinge/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71230-20141006_150537.jpg20141006_150537Fall colors at Mendon Ponds Park2014-10-21T14:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/20/wordless-wednesday-a-well-used-path/2014-10-21T02:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/20/not-anxious-for-a-change/2014-10-20T14:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/17/bonfire/2014-10-17T14:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/17/friday-headlines-10-17-14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eafe2-journal.pone_.0109888.g001.pngjournal.pone.0109888.g001Reconstruction of Sthenurus stirlingi. Art by Brian Regal.2014-10-17T14:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/16/random-writing-wild-yeast/2014-10-16T15:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/16/hayride-season/2014-10-16T14:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/16/thirsty-thursday-my-own-pumpkin-ale/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/81ef7-20141013_082058-e1413423611606.jpg20141013_082058Here's my pumpkin ale, early in fermentation, with a well developed kraeusen.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fc9a9-20141012_223641-e1413423552592.jpg20141012_223641Yeast is pitched. Now the wait.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/44968-20141012_213714.jpg20141012_213714Just chillin' in the tub.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5f242-20141012_185218.jpg20141012_185218My brewing room is really a boarded-up screened porch.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0c420-20141012_182351.jpg20141012_182351Bag of deliciousnesshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2b961-20141012_171311.jpg20141012_171311The main ingredients for my pumpkin ale. Not pictured: Hops, yeast, and spiceshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/449f2-20141011_224602.jpg20141011_224602Bottling takes place on the kitchen floor.2014-10-16T14:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/15/never-late-never-never-never/2014-10-15T14:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/14/theres-always-the-last-minute/2014-10-14T14:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/13/wordless-wednesday-peace-at-last/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/29f10-riversunset.jpgRiverSunset2014-10-14T00:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/13/make-deadlines-not-perfection/2014-10-13T14:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/13/stink-bug-chapter-39/2014-10-13T14:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/10/friday-headlines-10-10-14/2014-10-14T18:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/10/ill-take-mine-al-dente-if-you-dont-mind/2014-10-10T13:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/09/falls-red-slime/2014-10-09T13:00:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/08/bowens-reaction-series-haikus/2014-10-08T16:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/08/wordless-wednesday-surveying-the-scene/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/41d8c-2014-10-07-21.53.36.jpg2014-10-07 21.53.362014-10-08T15:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/08/mmmm-pie/2014-10-08T14:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/07/challenge-accepted-save-happiness/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5dc52-challengepoem-e1412730192277.jpgChallengePoemThe challenge poemhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cf3ef-challengeaccepted.jpgChallengeAcceptedChallenge Accepted2014-10-08T01:06:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/07/omnom-autumn/2014-10-07T14:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/06/pumpkin-booby-traps/2014-10-06T14:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/05/stink-bug-chapter-38/2014-10-06T03:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/05/random-scene-sunday/2014-10-06T01:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/03/friday-headlines-10-3-14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/59880-bubblegum.jpgBubblegumStudents checking out "Bubblegum Rock"2014-10-03T17:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/03/the-smell-of-dust-and-damp-rotting-leaves/2014-10-03T14:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/02/thirsty-thursday-racking-and-readying/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b15c2-win_20141001_223423.jpgWIN_20141001_223423Everything a girl needs to brew a yummy pumpkin ale!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7ec1c-sacloneracked2.jpgSACloneRacked2Right after racking. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bd8ec-sacloneracked1.jpgSACloneRacked1Racking the beer with my world-famous chair set-up2014-10-02T14:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/02/5329/2014-10-02T13:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/10/01/swish-crunch-click/2014-10-02T02:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/26/friday-headlines-9-26-14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2d743-intensity.jpgintensityIntensity of the 6.2 magnitude quake near Anchorage. Cool colors indicate low intensity of shaking. Credit: USGShttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/11547-aleutian_tsum-1.jpgaleutian_tsum-1The Aleutian Islands, showing how the Pacific Plate is moving below them. Credit: USGS2014-09-26T14:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/25/person-for-scale-you-know-youre-a-geologist-when/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/10935-person_for_scale-092314.jpgPerson_for_Scale 092314Pre-order your's now!2014-09-25T14:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/24/silicate-minerals-and-bowens-reaction-series/2014-09-25T03:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/19/friday-headlines-9-19-14/2014-09-19T15:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/18/magnetic-wisdom/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cae69-wewantdeskstoo.jpgwewantdeskstoohttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ef247-wearcoffee.jpgwearcoffeeAlways wear coffeehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/61290-smileeverywhere.jpgsmileeverywherehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1121b-sitinashredder.jpgsitinashredderhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a6f88-nevereatmylaserprinter.jpgnevereatmylaserprinterhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/86d6f-lampsandglue.jpglampsandglueLamps and glue listen to you.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c87c6-defibrillatoroffice.jpgdefibrillatoroffice2014-09-18T20:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/17/tales-of-the-finger-the-truth-hurts/2014-09-17T17:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/16/the-matter-of-habit-cleavage-and-fracture-in-minerals/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a7205-habitandfracture.jpgHabitAndFractureQuartz2020-07-20T01:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/16/tales-of-the-finger-oh-for-a-main-gauche/2014-09-16T19:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/15/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-reborn/2014-09-16T00:46:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/14/stink-bug-chapter-37/2014-09-15T02:33:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/12/friday-headlines-9-12-14/2014-09-12T19:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/11/thirsty-thursday-my-sam-adams-clone/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e084c-20140906_193800-e1410491339736.jpg20140906_193800Hard to believe that this will become delicious beer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/424b9-20140906_173127-e1410490752165.jpg20140906_173127What's cooking in Penny's kettle? Why it's wort! https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/21693-froth2.jpgFroth2Looks a little... unpleasant.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9293f-froth1.jpgFroth1This didn't take long.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/486c3-bubbly.jpgBubblyBubble Bath?2014-09-12T03:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/10/bearded-ladies/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e64dc-dscn2101.jpgDSCN2101The large-format film camera, and me, looking more badass than ever. (Photo by Marieke Dechesne)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/574fd-dsc_1162-e1410224317898.jpgDSC_11622014-09-10T14:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/09/the-lion-tales-of-the-finger/2014-09-09T16:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/06/a-chicksplosion/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/51965-20140906_142624.jpg20140906_142624Toby checks out the new house guests.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fbb88-wpid-2014-09-06-10.53.11.jpg.jpegwpid-2014-09-06-10.53.11.jpg.jpegTwo hot chicks. *snort*https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8a7af-wpid-img_20140906_142929.jpgwpid-img_20140906_142929.jpgPeep heap.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/310d7-wpid-img_20140906_104236.jpgwpid-img_20140906_104236.jpgIf I sleep on the food then I don't have to worry about making a mess of the bed.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/31d70-wpid-img_20140905_221345.jpgwpid-img_20140905_221345.jpgLook how cute we are.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1616d-wpid-img_20140905_205219.jpgwpid-img_20140905_205219.jpg2014-09-07T02:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/06/stink-bug-chapter-36/2014-09-06T17:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/05/friday-headlines-9-5-14/2014-09-05T15:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/04/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-bullseye/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b4e10-dsc_3573.jpgDSC_35732014-09-05T01:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/04/i-dont-want-to-talk-about-it/2014-09-05T00:49:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/03/some-things-i-just-tune-out/2014-09-03T16:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/02/open-mouth-insert-foot/2014-09-03T03:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/01/out-of-stupid-comes-humor/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c6043-20140901_164028-e1409624793351.jpg20140901_164028Marth - this is a good thing.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dc14d-20140901_164008-e1409624743621.jpg20140901_164008Don't knock on the door.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8822f-20140830_153652.jpg20140830_153652The painting set-up.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/08caf-2014-08-30-15.23.31.jpg2014-08-30 15.23.31Finger looks much better now. Here pictured with the hook that caused the injury.2014-09-02T02:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/09/01/just-let-it-rest/2014-09-02T16:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/29/friday-headlines-8-29-14/2014-08-29T15:02:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/22/friday-headlines-8-22-14/2014-08-22T16:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/21/to-catch-a-bullet-or-a-woolly-rhino-tales-of-the-finger/2014-08-22T03:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/19/the-dwarf-pirate-tales-of-the-finger/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2280d-win_20140819_200817-2.jpgWIN_20140819_200817 (2)The tiniest hook.2014-08-20T00:46:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/16/tales-of-the-finger-introduction/2014-08-17T01:57:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/15/field-work-travelog-day-32-made-it/2014-08-15T13:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/11/field-work-travelog-day-31-just-one-more-day/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1e57d-win_20140811_202240.jpgWIN_20140811_202240Just one more day, Truckie!2014-08-12T00:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/10/field-work-travelog-day-30-home-is-near/2014-08-11T04:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/09/field-work-travelog-day-29-on-the-road-again/2014-08-10T04:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/08/field-work-travelog-day-27-wrapping-up/2014-08-09T03:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/08/field-work-travelog-day-27-deluge/2014-08-08T23:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/06/field-work-travelog-day-26-plaster-jacket/2014-08-07T00:33:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/05/field-work-travelog-day-25-of-dinosaurs-and-leaks/2014-08-06T04:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/05/field-work-travelog-day-24-rain-rain-go-away/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aa856-wpid-20140804_163352.jpgwpid-20140804_163352.jpghttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3bb48-wpid-20140804_124030.jpgwpid-20140804_124030.jpg2014-08-05T18:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/03/field-work-travelog-day-23-turtles-crocs-and-mammals-oh-my/2014-08-03T23:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/02/field-work-travelog-day-22-hello-uinta-basin/2014-08-03T04:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/02/field-work-travelog-day-21-on-to-the-next-thing/2014-08-02T18:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/08/01/field-work-travelog-day-19-i-think/2014-08-01T05:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/31/field-work-travelog-day-19-micro-vertebrates-ntcave14/2014-08-04T00:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/29/field-work-travelog-day-18-were-in-ntcave14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d6642-dsc_0936.jpgDSC_0936Our first daring scientists, Drs. Julie Meachen and Xiaoming Wang.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6a2c1-dsc_0902.jpgDSC_0902Intrepid leader, Dr. Julie Meachen practicing her ascending skills.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/31407-dsc_0888-e1406690861527.jpgDSC_0888Getting rigged up.2014-07-30T16:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/29/field-work-travelog-day-17-if-its-not-one-thing/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0961f-wpid-20140728_234548.jpgwpid-20140728_234548.jpgThe day it happened.2014-07-29T05:52:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/27/field-work-travelog-day-16-stuff-happens/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8e566-dsc_0868.jpgDSC_0868This dangling guy is the counterweight to the door in the grate through which we'll enter the cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6dac6-20140727_133841.jpg20140727_133841We're 'stuck' with the 'awful' view from our work- and campsite. Bummer for us.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bdbf1-20140727_131619.jpg20140727_131619This dangling guy is the counterweight to the door in the grate through which we'll enter the cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1b650-20140727_131423.jpg20140727_131423First view of the grate covering the entrance to Natural Trap Cave.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/314f3-20140726_212145.jpg20140726_2121452014-07-28T14:27:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/27/field-work-travelog-day-15-onward-and-northward/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/105b8-10346005_10100224594642368_3133133455398083034_n.jpg10346005_10100224594642368_3133133455398083034_nCamp on our last evening. Sad to have to leave.2014-07-27T06:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/25/field-work-travelog-day-14-another-view-of-the-paleocene-eocene-boundary/2014-07-25T23:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/24/fields-work-travelog-day-13-of-seeds-and-fruits/2014-07-25T02:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/23/field-work-travelog-day-12-the-paleocene-eocene-boundary/2014-07-23T23:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/22/field-work-travelog-day-11-were-back/2014-07-23T02:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/22/field-work-travelog-day-10-regrouping-and-highlights/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/350d9-img_20140716_195509.jpgIMG_20140716_195509The wind turbines welcomed us as they always do.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/56b8d-img_9438.jpgIMG_9438I promise there are people in this photo, working hard to find Cretaceous-age fossilshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/19d97-img_9434.jpgIMG_9434Always a welcome sight at the end of the day.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/abcd9-img_9432.jpgIMG_9432Pathfinder surveys the landscape victoriouslyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ac5df-img_9430.jpgIMG_9430The occasional unworldly vistahttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cedfe-img_9421.jpgIMG_9421Lots of hard work was done by my students, MacGuyver, Pathfinder, and FightMasterhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/821d4-img_9418.jpgIMG_9418https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/75d3c-img_9407.jpgIMG_9407We saw a few fossilized crayfish burrowshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b4275-20140721_122009.jpg20140721_122009Self-explanatoryhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/34e67-img_9399.jpgIMG_9399It's apparently a bug-eat-bug world out there.2014-07-22T05:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/20/field-work-travelog-day-9-so-much-measuring/2014-07-20T23:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/19/field-work-travelog-day-8-more-section-and-hobby-indulgence/2014-07-20T00:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/18/field-work-travelog-day-7-part-1-complete/2014-07-18T23:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/18/random-review-mi-ranchito-sidney-nebraska/2014-07-18T17:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/17/field-work-travelog-day-6-ammonites-2/2014-08-05T14:52:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/17/field-work-travelog-day-5-in-the-hanna-basin-2/2014-07-18T00:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/17/random-review-shanghai-chinese-restaurant-milan-illinois/2014-07-17T17:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/16/random-review-hungry-hobo-milan-il/2014-07-16T17:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/16/field-work-travelog-day-4-hello-laramie/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7a32f-img_20140715_085110.jpgIMG_20140715_085110I was there!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/015b4-20140715_155608.jpg20140715_155608Oh, York rest area. Such fond memories.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/29a41-20140715_063439-e1405490448653.jpg20140715_063439Forcing a smile, as the robot alien overlord behind me looks on.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1dfc4-20140714_1909486-e1405490536157.jpg20140714_190948Campfire. Totally not allowed in Wyoming.2014-07-16T06:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/14/field-work-travelog-day-3-my-lan-and-the-trains/2014-07-14T19:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/14/field-work-travelog-day-2-rain-camelot-and-the-purging-of-fluids/2014-07-14T17:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/12/field-work-travelog-day-1-outrunning-the-ohio-geists/2014-07-13T02:23:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/11/field-gear-whats-with-all-the-hammers/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8fb4e-20140711_100124.jpg20140711_1001246 pound sledgehammerhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f4c21-20140711_100104.jpg20140711_100104My hoe-pickhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7ba6b-20140711_100055.jpg20140711_100055One of four of my classic rock hammers.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c9ffe-20140711_100033.jpg20140711_100033My brand-new, shiny, Burpee Pickhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/49599-2014-07-11-10.03.56.jpg2014-07-11 10.03.56My goes-with-me-everywhere hammer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/84e82-2014-07-11-10.02.44.jpg2014-07-11 10.02.44Admittedly, this is not a true 'crack hammer,' because it only has one blunt end.2018-03-08T22:09:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/10/field-gear-quarrying-and-collecting-fossils/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3e86b-2014-07-10-19.58.39.jpgCollecting KitThis handy tool bag holds everything I need fairly conveniently. I don't have it fully loaded yet here.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c65c5-film-vials-2.jpgFilm Vials 2Film Vials2014-07-11T00:46:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/10/field-gear-getting-into-and-out-of-the-cave/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/22e11-2014-07-11-12.23.39.jpg2014-07-11 12.23.39My new Grigri. So... shiny!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/df691-pirate-biner.jpgPirate binerI think I liked these 'biners because of the skull and crossbones.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e8947-double-length.jpgDouble-LengthBlue and gold, because those are my colors.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9bd69-biners.jpgBinersLocking carabiners, so you can be confident that once you're clipped in, you won't fall off.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a7520-autostop.jpgAutostopA pre-fab autostop cord. You can also make one with a short length of cord and a good knot.2014-08-09T10:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/08/field-gear-what-i-need-for-measuring-section/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/17df0-img_0708.jpgIMG_0708Measuring section in Wyoming.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3d908-jacob-staff.jpgPrintJacob Staff Schematichttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c7bd7-jacob-staff-process.jpgPrintUsing the jacob staff.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c50d1-jacob-staff-in-use.jpgPrintThis jacob staff is at the correct angle now.2014-07-08T16:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/03/field-gear-what-i-always-carry/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/558a5-bags.jpgBagsTwo sizes of sample bags. Store-bought freezer bags are pretty popularhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fa917-notes.jpgNotesSome of my field notes from 2005. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9ce7d-tp.jpgTPSometimes called PT for 'paleo tissue.' This stuff is vital for wrapping fragile specimens.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4077b-tape.jpgTapehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/44be1-sectionsheets.jpgSectionSheetsDon't forget these. You need these to keep track of what you've measured.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9c7f8-samples.jpgSampleshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ba7be-notebook.jpgNotebookOne of the many notebooks I have. And a scale... For scale.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8049b-maps.jpgMapsThis map also comes from my graduate student days.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2759d-kneepads.jpgKneePadsYeah, I know. They're industrial strength.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1b6e2-jakestaff.jpgJakeStaffThe jacob staff and level that I use in the field.2014-08-23T05:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/07/02/of-stress-and-blogging/2014-07-02T14:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/06/22/what-we-did-on-our-nyc-vacation/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b67fa-20140619_115904.jpg20140619_115904https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f2ef7-liberty-cropped.jpgLiberty croppedhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ba976-castle-ruins.jpgCastle ruinshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/647e3-20140621_131706.jpg20140621_131706https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/975c3-20140621_131528.jpg20140621_131528https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e30a2-20140621_131022.jpg20140621_131022https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4bcb6-20140621_131008.jpg20140621_131008https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cf17b-20140621_130746.jpg20140621_130746https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d113c-20140621_130641.jpg20140621_130641https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4473e-20140621_112743.jpg20140621_112743Eye-popping art on the wall that we saw on our walk.2014-06-23T02:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/06/15/reflections-on-the-second-borealis-swordplay-symposium/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/02bb2-swordy.jpgSwordySeriously, the way this photo was taken, the sword looks huge. It's long, but not that long.2014-06-16T02:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/06/13/friday-headlines-6-13-14/2014-06-13T23:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/06/12/learning-to-identify-fossil-species/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/52b39-toothed2.jpgToothed2A 'toothed' scalehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9e662-pumpkin-seed.jpgPumpkin SeedA 'pumpkin seed' scalehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f5423-gar-scale.jpgGar ScaleTypical Gar Scale2014-06-13T02:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/06/12/who-owns-the-fossils/2014-06-13T15:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/06/04/the-bone-wars/2014-06-04T19:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/06/02/the-bonfire/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9cee7-img_20140525_220603153_hdr.jpgIMG_20140525_220603153_HDRTowering inferno?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/117ba-img_20140525_220442698.jpgIMG_20140525_220442698The flames are here hidden by the outbuilding. But look at the light and the sparks rising.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/821eb-20140525_221348.jpg20140525_221348The boy jumps about in front of the blaze.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0bb6f-10389654_10100193670314968_2892159904217356377_n1.jpg10389654_10100193670314968_2892159904217356377_n(1)Reduced to nearly nothing.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2dfb7-10384212_10100193591088738_4429004931263238544_n.jpg10384212_10100193591088738_4429004931263238544_nReady with the bucket brigade.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/efe56-10378913_10100193588174578_2602909339971440977_n.jpg10378913_10100193588174578_2602909339971440977_nThe fire started quickly, and was little at first.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/46cb8-10365735_10100193824111758_3151205575521910639_n.jpg10365735_10100193824111758_3151205575521910639_nThe burn pile the next day. Still going.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/269b4-10330328_10100193782874398_7158981385827879757_n.jpg10330328_10100193782874398_7158981385827879757_nWe might have melted the siding on our outbuilding just a bit.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/75645-1235028_10100193659222198_139457511901786400_n.jpg1235028_10100193659222198_139457511901786400_nA more manageable fire.2014-06-02T20:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/29/thirsty-thursday-the-innkeeper-ale/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cd3b9-spent_grains.jpgSpent_GrainsPart of the flockhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/07bb3-threeamigos.jpgThreeAmigoshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ff8da-kettletocarboy.jpgKettleToCarboyWort flowing from kettle to carboy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/72e47-fermentationbegins.jpgFermentationBeginsYeast added. Let's go!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dfce0-coolingwort.jpgCoolingWortEven wort can enjoy a nice bath.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cf99c-beginningboil.jpgBeginningBoilBoiling the specialty grains.2014-05-30T01:44:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/21/origin-and-extinction-of-the-megafauna/2014-05-21T16:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/16/special-olympics-even-specialer-than-last-year/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bfeed-dsc_9320-copy.jpgDSC_9320 - Copyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4d35d-dsc_9317.jpgDSC_9317https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b4d62-dsc_9315.jpgDSC_9315https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c82c6-t-shirt.jpgT-shirt...be brave in the attempt.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7c268-champion.jpgChampionMy Championhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bbd48-dsc_9222-cropped.jpgDSC_9222-croppedhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/63a04-dsc_9213.jpgDSC_9213All smiles!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0ce7f-dsc_9207.jpgDSC_9207The torch's entourage.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0b22b-dsc_9194.jpgDSC_9194Woo-hoo Williamson! (My son is in here somewhere!)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/61b4a-dsc_9192.jpgDSC_9192The band plays 'Live and Let Die.' 2014-05-16T19:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/16/about-nanotyrannus/2017-08-15T15:49:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/16/friday-headlines-5-16-14/2014-05-16T14:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/14/my-post-phd-story/2014-05-14T14:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/09/friday-headlines-5-9-14/2014-05-10T00:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/08/remembering-your-goals/2014-05-08T18:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/08/thirsty-thursday-a-honey-weizen-rising/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8ff58-20140503_165723.jpg20140503_165723The honey weizen (left) just after being moved to the fermentation station. The yellow is the mead, which is about a month from bottling.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dc0f7-wpid-img_20140503_160158.jpgwpid-img_20140503_160158.jpgChilling in the bathtub.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fa4f2-wpid-img_20140503_142733.jpgwpid-img_20140503_142733.jpgThe wort is on the boil!2014-05-08T12:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/02/friday-headlines-5-2-14/2014-05-02T17:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/05/01/thirsty-thursday-bottling-the-porter/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bd262-20140428_1548211.jpg20140428_154821[1]Towels!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/99562-20140428_1547131-e1398880509676.jpg20140428_154713[1]Siphoning the porter into the bottling bucket.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/84f9a-wpid-img_20140428_153327.jpgwpid-img_20140428_153327.jpgBottles ready to fill!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/41cac-wpid-img_20140428_153627.jpgwpid-img_20140428_153627.jpgPorter all ready for bottling!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6e5cf-wpid-img_20140428_160745.jpgwpid-img_20140428_160745.jpg45 bottles of porter waiting for caps.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b9e95-wpid-img_20140428_164249.jpgwpid-img_20140428_164249.jpgLabeled and conditioning for the next two weeks. Then, yum!2014-05-01T12:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/18/friday-headlines-4-18-14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/00e0a-20140418_1118391.jpg20140418_111839[1]Our seismograph shows the quake quite clearly.2014-08-20T03:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/17/thirsty-thursday-porter-ahoy/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/84b4e-porter-steeping-e1397698571988.jpgPorter steepingThe fancy-schmancy grains are in a muslin bag for steeping.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/25764-porter-post-boil-e1397698631719.jpgPorter post boilThe boil is finished. The wort is cool. The yeast is added. Now for fermentation.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/96736-porter-fermenting-e1397698713623.jpgPorter FermentingAfter a couple of days, the fermentation calmed down. In a few more days it'll be ready to move to a smaller secondary fermentor.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0e345-porter-cooling-the-wort-e1397698881227.jpgPorter cooling the wortOne of the convenient things about snow is that it is helpful to cool the wort after the boil. I need to invest in a wort chiller...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eb565-porter-boil-e1397698791596.jpgPorter boilAfter steeping the grains, it was time to add the malt extracts, honey, and hops and let the wort boil.2014-04-17T13:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/16/what-is-that-wednesday-realistic-dinosaurs/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c98b3-wpid-img_20140415_154139.jpgwpid-img_20140415_154139.jpgRealistic dinosaurs! With replica details!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5a5c3-wpid-img_20140415_221948.jpgwpid-img_20140415_221948.jpgTypical dinosaurian fare - if a little dated.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d3c3a-wpid-img_20140415_222209.jpgwpid-img_20140415_222209.jpgA duck-billed dinosaur. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ff796-wpid-img_20140415_222418.jpgwpid-img_20140415_222418.jpgSome sort of ceratopsian, with a very, very long nasal horn.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/af847-wpid-img_20140415_222701.jpgwpid-img_20140415_222701.jpgWait. Does this dinosaur have ears? What is this?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/46642-wpid-img_20140415_222911.jpgwpid-img_20140415_222911.jpgOh... This is a cross between Archaeopteryx and a pterosaur, no doubt. Maybe it's Rodin.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f198a-wpid-img_20140415_223154.jpgwpid-img_20140415_223154.jpgEr.. I'm used to seeing the sail-backed Dimetrodon in packages of dinosaurs, but this... It's not Dimetrodon. It's um... Yeah.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/15acd-wpid-img_20140415_223341.jpgwpid-img_20140415_223341.jpgA dragon? Seriously?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e5b40-wpid-img_20140415_223541.jpgwpid-img_20140415_223541.jpgA uintathere. A mammal. Not a dinosaur.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0aefe-wpid-img_20140415_223733.jpgwpid-img_20140415_223733.jpgWow. Macrauchenia. Also a mammal, but at least a member of an extinct group of South American mammals called Litopterns2014-04-17T02:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/06/adventures-in-the-field-the-high-arctic/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/89381-taking-notes.jpgTaking NotesTaking notes. There's a lot of that.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b41e6-sleeping-bags.jpgSleeping bagshttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c5b4c-sampling.jpgSamplingCollecting rocks for isotopic analysis.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/73f18-quarrying.jpgquarryingHere's a quarry that requires sledgehammers and chisels to collect rocks (in this case, rocks loaded with fossils).https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ed398-high-peak-helicopter.jpgHigh peak helicopterhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f6ba6-flying.jpgFlyingOddly, no in-flight service.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3073f-coming-home.jpgComing homehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f5f15-polygonal-ground.jpgPolygonal GroundPolygonal ground - a feature of permafrost.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a0d48-waterfall-2.jpgWaterfall - 2https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/74e69-twin-otter-departure-1.jpgTwin Otter departure - 1Really, that's an air strip. I promise.2014-04-06T13:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/04/friday-headlines-4-4-14/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6b35d-chile-tectonic-setting.jpgChile Tectonic SettingThe tectonic setting along the western margin of South America. Stars mark the main- and after-shocks of this earthquake. Credit: USGShttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9ded6-chile-depth-profile-010414.jpgChile depth profile 010414Depth to the earthquake, and previous earthquakes, shows us where the subducting plate is.2014-04-04T18:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/03/thirsty-thursday-racking-the-mead/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b7439-still-fermenting.jpgStill FermentingStill fermenting after racking.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4d038-spilled.jpgSpilledSpilled just a bit. It smelled delicious!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0d5b6-siphoning.jpgSiphoninghttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/34c21-siphon-and-sediment.jpgSiphon and SedimentSediment.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/089fd-sanitized.jpgSanitizedHere's a nice, clean three-gallon carboy to receive the mead.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/34670-ready-to-rack.jpgReady to RackHere's the mead after fermenting for two and a half weeks in a five gallon carboy.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f8c42-racking-complete.jpgRacking completeAll transferred!2014-04-03T14:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/04/02/wordless-wednesday-mightily-comfortable/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7cfed-2014-03-25-18.43.16.jpg2014-03-25 18.43.16https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b6ba0-wpid-storageemulated0dcimcamera2014-03-25-18.43.16.jpg.jpgwpid-storageemulated0DCIMCamera2014-03-25-18.43.16.jpg.jpg2014-04-03T09:59:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/28/friday-headlines-3-28-14/2014-03-28T15:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/26/cameras-cameras-everywhere/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0c158-a-to-z-planning.jpgA to Z planningEvery letter is covered, except for Y and Z.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/172fd-sr-1s-minolta-3.jpgSR-1s - Minolta - 3The Minolta SR-1a is a lovely SLR camera. That big, bulky thing sitting on the top is a light meter, for setting the exposure. Later cameras had this built in.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c0588-model-a-univex-1.jpgModel A - Univex - 1Here's the Univex Model A camera. There were quite a number of different versions of this simple-yet-elegant camera.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9f42a-elite-view-scoville-1.jpgElite View - Scoville - 1The Scoville Elite View Camera made in the late 1800'shttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ef666-brownie-blue-kodak-2.jpgBrownie - blue - Kodak - 2A blue Brownie box camera that belonged to my grandmother.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0733b-autocord-minolta-1.jpgAutocord - Minolta - 1The Minolta Autocord is a pretty TLR.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9b41-acro-flash-herold-4.jpgAcro-Flash - Herold - 4https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9ccc6-acro-flash-herold-1.jpgAcro-Flash - Herold - 1A cheap plastic point and shoot camera, called the Acro-Flash. The shutter is on the lens. There was no focusing this camera.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b650b-a3-argus-2.jpgA3 - Argus - 2The Argus A3 is a rangefinder camera. You can tell because of the two windows above the lens. In this old camera, the shutter is still on the lens.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a98ea-a3-argus-1.jpgA3 - Argus - 12014-03-27T02:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/25/sewing-saturday-my-new-lab-coat/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4cf35-tshirt-front.jpgTshirt FrontThe front of the T-shirthttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d5ac1-tracing.jpgTracingTracing the heron onto the fabric.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9fe2-traced.jpgTracedReady to start painting.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0c356-coat-back.jpgCoat BackThe back of the lab coat.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/93d13-coat-and-shirt.jpgCoat and ShirtA T-shirt and a lab coat bearing the arms of Herongardehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2bb3f-herongarde-3-sr.jpgPrintThe Arms of Herongarde - more or less2014-03-26T14:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/25/leafy-tuesday-theyre-germinating/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9ae9b-root-hairs.jpgRoot HairsFuzzy little root hairs.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/64c98-tricot.jpgTricotA tricot?! We'll see how this one grows.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/522d4-tomatoes.jpgTomatoesWe'll have a handsome crop of tomatoes. Too bad I don't like tomatoes.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/76eaa-growing.jpgGrowingGrowing eagerly.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/53082-basement-garden.jpgBasement gardenBright spot in a dark basement.2014-03-25T22:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/23/adventures-in-the-field-hanna-basin/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f033a-collecting-at-the-flower-bed-07-27.jpgCollecting at the Flower Bed 07-27This collecting site is called the 'Flower Bed' because we found a fossil flower there.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/30767-tumbleweed-hugger.jpgTumbleweed HuggerTumbleweeds need hugs too.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/39108-img_1075.jpgIMG_1075Took a moment to take a picture of this apple.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/187ea-img_1065.jpgIMG_1065Bag it up like a baked potatohttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cbb3e-img_1363.jpgIMG_1363Sitting and looking for mammal fossils.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b4281-img_1050.jpgIMG_1050https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0e846-img_1011-e1395621109413.jpgIMG_1011I'm splitting rocks looking for plant fossils.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6f42e-img_0772.jpgIMG_0772Am I the only one who sees the bull in deep thought here?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/91adf-img_1083.jpgIMG_1083Everyone gets in on the fun.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/83204-img_0714.jpgIMG_0714Maybe an ash?2020-07-25T02:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/21/friday-headlines-3-21-14/2014-03-21T14:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/21/aprils-blogging-from-a-to-z-theme-reveal/2014-03-21T19:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/20/visthnk-autism-and-thinking-visually-join-the-conversation/2014-03-20T18:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/20/thirsty-thursday-merry-mead/2014-03-20T15:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/19/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-hot-chicks/2014-03-19T16:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/19/wordless-wednesday-sacked-out-in-a-quiet-corner/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ad1d2-1926746_10100159558345628_1535962395_n.jpg1926746_10100159558345628_1535962395_n2014-03-20T01:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/18/leafy-tuesday-starting-seeds/2014-03-21T13:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/17/why-is-february-so-miserable/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5fcc0-warm-fire.jpgWarm FireGetting the fire going in the evening....https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e4896-tomato-seeds.jpgTomato seedsThis whole tray is nothing but heirloom tomatoes. 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Credit: Fiorillo and Tykoski PLOSone2014-03-14T17:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/13/vulcan-marchs-lion/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5344d-img_20140313_075806.jpgIMG_20140313_075806This is the driveway at 6:00 am the next day. I promise there's a driveway there.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e5b10-img_20140313_075631.jpgIMG_20140313_075631This snowdrift had it in its head to keep our car in the garage.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a3d39-img_20140313_075517.jpgIMG_20140313_0755176:00 am the next day...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7fed6-img_20140313_075354.jpgIMG_20140313_075354The driveway is now visible.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b993d-img_20140313_075207.jpgIMG_20140313_075207And after I finally got the driveway open again at 8:00 am.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c7d14-20140313_085407.jpg20140313_085407And, hey, I can get in and out of the house again, too!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/70f27-img_20140312_160525-1.jpgIMG_20140312_160525-14:00 pmhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ae9e9-img_20140312_204326.jpgIMG_20140312_204326https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/95468-img_20140312_181830.jpgIMG_20140312_181830My footprints from two hours earlier were nearly consumed by the drift.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/14f37-img_20140312_181413.jpgIMG_20140312_181413If I stood in that drift, it would be part way up my thigh.2014-03-13T15:57:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/03/13/thirsty-thursday-bottling-day/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3ccb6-soaking.jpgsoakingGetting the labels off of 60+ bottles is no fun.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3e80b-siphoningsetup.jpgSiphoningSetUpIt's a pretty elaborate siphoning set-up.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d2670-siphoning.jpgSiphoning...but the beer looks clearly beer-like.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f5711-sanitized.jpgSanitizedA five gallon carboy ready for some honey, water, and yeast.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cca9f-ready-to-start.jpgReady to startThat's a bucket and a pan of sanitizer.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d9fb0-priming.jpgprimingPreparing the priming solution (sugar and water).https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d2caf-mead.jpgmeadHoney, yeast, and water. 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This is what happens when an engineer and a chemist decide to try home-brewing.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a8166-kettlenburner.jpgKettleNBurnerTime to light it up!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a99ac-coldbrew.jpgColdBrewCold Brewed? Ice beer?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d5fcc-burner.jpgBurnerThe perfect burner...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/69a9a-bubblebubble.jpgBubbleBubbleAfter 48 hours, the yeast is enjoying itself!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e2d95-boiling.jpgBoilingBoiling the 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(2)2014-01-22T15:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/22/penny-smash/2014-01-22T14:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/21/im-perfect/2014-01-21T23:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/20/mystery-monday-rubbery-knobs/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50c37-win_20140116_183001-2.jpgWIN_20140116_183001 (2)2014-01-21T20:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/20/conform/2014-01-21T00:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/19/fangirling/2014-03-09T16:18:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/17/friday-headlines-1-17-14/2014-01-18T18:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/17/i-dont-fall-apart/2014-01-17T14:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/16/thirsty-thursday-its-here/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/06876-brewery_in_a_box.jpgBrewery_in_a_BoxAnd the sun was out today, too!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bebf9-win_20140116_194952.jpgWIN_20140116_194952Everything. Now to figure out how it goes together.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/947bc-win_20140116_193826.jpgWIN_20140116_1938262014-01-19T00:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/16/feeling-the-pressure/2014-01-16T22:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/15/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-the-cats-opinion/2014-01-15T17:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/15/grace-under-pressure/2014-01-15T14:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/15/wordless-wednesday-throne/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3a4b4-win_20140112_105105-3.jpgWIN_20140112_105105 (3)2014-01-16T07:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/14/things-geology-zombies-say/2014-03-11T12:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/14/doing-the-un-doable/2014-01-14T14:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/13/autism-and-fun-with-literalism/2014-01-15T01:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/13/stink-bug-chapter-34/2014-01-14T01:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/13/a-woman-is-like-a-tea-bag-eleanor-roosevelt/2014-01-13T21:28:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/11/unexpected-exhaustion/2014-01-12T03:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/10/friday-headlines-1-10-14/2014-01-10T15:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/10/acupressure-to-aleviate-my-headaches/2014-01-17T05:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/09/introducing-thirsty-thursday/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b5272-win_20140108_192752-2.jpgWIN_20140108_192752 (2)A little light reading...2014-01-10T16:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/09/pressure-points/2014-01-09T13:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/08/wordless-wednesday-writing-challenge-blocking-the-pump/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dc4ec-win_20140106_200725-2.jpgWIN_20140106_200725 (2)2014-01-08T22:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/08/wordless-wednesday-i-agree/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/46043-nicksaysnyah.jpgNickSaysNyah2014-01-08T14:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/08/words-with-friends/2014-01-08T14:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/07/when-i-beat-the-pressure/2014-01-08T19:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/06/all-the-answers-are-in-bowens-reaction-series/2019-01-21T12:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/06/peer-pressure/2014-01-06T13:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/05/stink-bug-chapter-33/2014-01-05T21:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/04/in-threes/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/97234-pumplights.jpgPumpLightsThis is how it's supposed to look. Today, that lowest green light was off.2014-01-08T22:07:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/03/hercules-the-aftermath/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ebce8-sunpeeksthrough.jpgSunPeeksThroughThere's the sun, peeking through the icicles, just before sunset.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/affad-snowdormancy.jpgSnowDormancyThe berries on this burning bush (Euonomys) are a striking red against the snow.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e4c24-anotherdayinparadise.jpgAnotherDayInParadiseBy the time we were done, our driveway looked a lot like the trench on the Death Star.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e2119-afterhercules.jpgAfterHerculesCheck out the drifts! Can you tell where the driveway is supposed to be? Compare this with the similar shot from yesterday here.2014-01-04T03:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/03/friday-headlines-1-3-14/2014-01-03T14:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/03/to-do-or-not-to-do/2014-01-03T13:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/02/hercules-photos/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6a8ce-reflectors.jpgReflectorsThe poles these reflectors are on are about 3 feet tall.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/770e3-off_roading.jpgOff_roadingThe bright lights there are a state trooper. The headlights to the trooper's left is a car buried in the median.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/44dc5-house.jpgHouseThe driveway is really, really longhttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9d763-heading_home.jpgHeading_HomeWe had frost inside the windshield. The temperatures were dropping into the single digits!2014-01-04T16:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/02/laboratory-drudgery/2014-01-02T15:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/01/do-you-feel-the-pressure/2014-01-02T15:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2014/01/01/so-this-is-2014/2014-01-01T23:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/31/celebrate-old-skool/2013-12-31T15:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/30/a-kickin-recipe-old-skool/2013-12-30T15:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/29/sunday-selfie-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20e06-hopeful.jpgHopefulMaybe tomorrow will be better...2014-01-01T06:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/28/one-word-old-skool/2013-12-29T02:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/27/final-friday-old-skool/2013-12-28T08:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/26/things-in-the-fridge-the-aftermath-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/406a2-win_20131226_115949-2.jpgWIN_20131226_115949 (2)It's a little crowded in there...2013-12-27T02:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/25/holiday-traditions-old-skool/2013-12-25T22:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/25/wordless-wednesday-meowy-christmas/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/75176-win_20131225_084913-2.jpgWIN_20131225_084913 (2)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c235b-win_20131225_084510-2.jpgWIN_20131225_084510 (2)2013-12-25T18:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/24/holiday-disasters-old-skool/2013-12-25T03:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/23/books-for-the-bibliophile-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d609b-mostlypaleontology.jpgMostlyPaleontologyThe view from my desk. I also have toys, photos, and one or two antique cameras. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/43a1d-librarybooks.jpgLibraryBooksLibrary books with a Smilodon skull and a punch-a-saurus, too. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cf3fb-behindmychair.jpgBehindMyChairI always kind of hope these shelves never collapse. It wouldn't be home without stuffed animals and my 'brain loading' sign.2013-12-23T22:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/22/wee-me-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/48f56-swordyme-2.jpgSwordyMe (2)Don't mess with me. I have a sword.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ce5f9-win_20131222_160715-2.jpgWIN_20131222_160715 (2)I was framed. I swear!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3aa57-win_20131222_160246-2.jpgWIN_20131222_160246 (2)My Kindergarten photohttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/203a9-auction-2013-me-with-hat.jpgAuction 2013 me with hathttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/36940-swordyme.jpgSwordyMehttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/efcea-runnyme.jpgRunnyMeSenior year of high school. More fleet-of-foot. Less curly hair.2013-12-23T06:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/21/friday-headlines-12-20-13/2013-12-22T00:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/21/i-love-this-quote-old-skool/2013-12-21T21:52:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/20/more-firsts-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b2cc9-totheleft.jpgToTheLeftInterpret this as you will. I need to clean up my office a bit...2013-12-21T11:24:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/19/whats-in-my-bag-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ece22-sirbackumpack.jpgSirBackumPackYes. It's an Eddie Bauer. It was what I found that day I was shopping. I can't believe it's lasted as well as it has!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/630ce-silverbox.jpgSilverBoxAnd in the far back compartment is my laptop. This is my big laptop, that has all the fancy software on it. I have a little one too that I use only for writing and web-surfing. The little one isn't with me today.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/144d7-pwr.jpgPWRA laptop charger. Because I brought that laptop today.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e7b0b-openwide.jpgOpenWideThe front pocket is where I usually tuck all the little things. What's in here?https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1d8f5-odds.jpgOddsAha! Kindle charger. Camera battery and charger. And a notebook. Everyone should carry a notebook.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/89606-jvp.jpgJVP...and an issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. I'll read it when I have a spare moment. (Ha-ha-ha-ha)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e0fc1-justin.jpgJustInLooking a little homely with my scarf tossed over it.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1b9d3-hddetal.jpgHDDetalExternal hard drive. Pretty important. A couple of pens, including my purple grading pen. And a random rangefinder for photography.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/73733-everything.jpgEverythingSo, here's everything. Not as bad as I expected. No candy today, or crayons, which are commonly found within. Nothing overly personal (whew!).https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7c822-doom.jpgDOOMExams and homeworks to record. One day I'll do this. Probably really soon, because grades are due...2013-12-20T04:05:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/18/make-a-wish-old-skool/2013-12-19T04:06:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/18/mystery-solved-an-eyepiece-and-a-dial/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3e280-walz.jpgWalzShiny and red. Walz is a company in Japan.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3f043-view.jpgviewThrough the eyepiece. The light spot in the middle is where the two images overlap.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/91520-front.jpgFrontWith two little window-like openings.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/95817-converter.jpgConverterConverting feet to meters.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/11635-back.jpgBackMystery object. But if you look close, the dial is marked in units of feet.2013-12-18T16:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/18/wordless-wednesday-make-me-a-shelf/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/219f6-0101022219.jpg01010222192013-12-24T15:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/17/the-gifts-of-autism/2013-12-18T04:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/17/free-association-old-skool/2013-12-18T04:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/16/mystery-monday-an-eyepiece-and-a-dial/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/380b9-travel-buddy-win_20131216_213514-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131216_213514 (2)A bit of patent information for you. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/868c1-travel-buddy-win_20131216_213501-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131216_213501 (2)It says 'Walz' on it.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3dabb-travel-buddy-win_20131216_213427-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131216_213427 (2)Shiny with sliver and black.2013-12-17T15:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/16/favorite-songs-old-skool/2013-12-17T15:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/15/stink-bug-chapter-32/2013-12-15T20:19:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/15/who-do-you-love-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/794fe-travel-buddy-win_20131214_193051-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_193051 (2)My son playing with Tinkertoys in front of thee fireplace.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9c1fe-kitty-love.jpgKitty loveHere's Niko again (the small one) with our third cat, Toby.2013-12-16T01:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/14/the-sentence-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/43a9c-travel-buddy-win_20131214_121346-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_121346 (2)I seem to like fencing...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cf449-travel-buddy-win_20131214_121156-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_121156 (2)I love period costuming. I wish I had more time to do it!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/93618-travel-buddy-win_20131214_121111-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_121111 (2)I'm a geologist. 'Nuf said.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/f915b-travel-buddy-win_20131214_121025-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_121025 (2)Because everyone thinks about hammering hot metal when they go to bed.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3852b-travel-buddy-win_20131214_120940-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_120940 (2)Any sentence from this book could be hysterical.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3d746-travel-buddy-win_20131214_120427-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_120427 (2)Or on the other side of the bed, my little writing nook (with blue frog and eurypterid in supervisory capacity).https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9aeb0-travel-buddy-win_20131214_120025-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_120025 (2)At the foot of the bed is my costuming, medieval history, and screenwriting row of books. And yes, that's a longsword. And it's sharp. I need to hang it up...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/d9e3e-travel-buddy-win_20131214_115937-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131214_115937 (2)My nightstand. Coffee, water, and a little pleasure reading.2013-12-15T15:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/13/for-the-first-time-old-skool/2013-12-14T06:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/13/friday-headlines-12-13-13/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/360a2-screenshot-2013-12-12-21.57.01-2.pngScreenshot 2013-12-12 21.57.01 (2)I include a screenshot, just in case they actually fix this mistake.2013-12-13T14:00:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/12/autism-resources-for-the-newly-diagnosed-and-their-families/2014-03-10T01:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/12/things-i-know-old-skool/2013-12-13T04:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/11/makes-me-weepy-old-skool/2013-12-12T02:12:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/11/mystery-solved-black-with-zipper/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/88891-travel-buddy-win_20131208_223019.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131208_223019Handset with curly cord.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7c2a3-travel-buddy-win_20131208_222927-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131208_222927 (2)A handset like the land-line phones that we were familiar with.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7dd0c-travel-buddy-win_20131208_222848-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131208_222848 (2)My first cellular telephone. I think it was like a dollar a minute, but totally worth it if I needed it!2013-12-11T15:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/11/wordless-wednesday-i-haz-a-tree/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eda92-travel-buddy-win_20131207_190201-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131207_190201 (2)2013-12-15T19:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/10/show-and-tell-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c699a-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150710-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150710 (2)This mineral is called olivine (actually this is a rock, made up of olivine crystals). It's easy to recognise because of its pimento olive color.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/508ac-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150652-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150652 (2)This mineral is part of the group of minearls called amphiboles. Specifically, this is hornblende.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a7199-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150632-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150632 (2)This mineral is part of the pyroxene group of minerals. It is called augite and looks a lot like hornblende.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6975d-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150604-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150604 (2)https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/983c8-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150550-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150550 (2)This is biotite, a type of mica that is dark in color.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/254c2-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150542-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150542 (2)Muscovite. A type of mica that is fairly light in color. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5b5c1-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150514-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150514 (2)Quartz. This is one mineral almost everyone has heard of!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/53323-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150453-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150453 (2)At the dark end of the plagioclase scale is this mineral. It has lots of calcium and little sodium.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e3ac5-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150439-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150439 (2)This is what happens when plagioclase has quite a bit of calcium and not so much sodium.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a4fc8-travel-buddy-win_20131210_150428-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131210_150428 (2)Slightly darker plagioglase.2016-05-31T18:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/09/favorite-movies-old-skool/2013-12-10T05:23:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/09/mystery-monday-black-with-zipper/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/26503-travel-buddy-win_20131208_220915-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131208_220915 (2)Now with Triceratops and a scale bar. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fd88d-travel-buddy-win_20131208_220628-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131208_220628 (2)It zips all the way around, and has a handle on the top. Triceratops for scale.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/68e6e-travel-buddy-win_20131208_220545-2.jpgTRAVEL-BUDDY - WIN_20131208_220545 (2)It's big. It's black. It says 'Motorola'.2013-12-09T17:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/08/where-do-i-blog-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5ae30-office-blogging-station-3.jpgOffice blogging station 3On this day, I'm simultaneously working on a blog post and preparing a talk about mis-representations of geology in movies.2013-12-09T12:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/07/stink-bug-chapter-31/2013-12-08T04:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/07/one-sentence-saturday-old-skool/2013-12-08T21:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/06/friday-headlines-12-6-13/2013-12-06T13:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/06/first-post-old-skool/2013-12-08T04:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/05/ten-things-about-me-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/31a53-chickens-in-the-snow.jpgChickens in the snowOur chickens' first experiences with snow.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e0c01-me-high-arctic-2012.jpgMe High Arctic 2012Me in the Canadian High Arctic. That's a glacier behind me. Just doin' a little science...https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5aa86-img_7663.jpgIMG_7663The mass spectrometer. I spend too much time in here.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6c838-helm-me.jpgHelm-MeThat's me in my helmet. I'm doing duck lips, I swear!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/31e40-sword.jpgSwordMe having a bit of fun in costume at a friend's wedding. 2013-12-06T01:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/05/misconception-continents-are-the-same-as-tectonic-plates/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/498c7-509px-pangaea_colors.svg_.png509px-Pangaea_colors.svgThe supercontinent of Pangaea, with the modern continents highlighted. Credit: USGShttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4553a-pangea_animation_03.gifPangea_animation_03Animation of the breakup of Pangaea and the development of the modern Atlantic Ocean. Credit: USGS2013-12-05T12:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/04/weather-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6eb3e-sunny-day.jpgsunny dayIs that blue sky? Amazing. 2013-12-05T01:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/03/optimism-join-me-for-rochesters-decnowrimo/2013-12-03T19:41:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/03/colors-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50cef-snow-sphinx.jpgsnow sphinxI made this snow sphinx in 2009.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/07467-bouquet.jpgbouquetMy favorite egg-carton bouquet!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8664c-smiley.jpgsmileyHappy pen-holder!https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e1f1e-stuffies.jpgStuffiesThat's a purple squid, right?2013-12-04T11:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/02/time-capsule-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/b9129-blog-notes.jpgBlog notesWorking on blogs. My favorite!2013-12-04T02:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/12/01/the-de-selfie-old-skool/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5409d-selfie-with-hat.jpgselfie with hatFun in lecture with my dinosaur hathttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/52e0e-me-in-gainesville-in-2001-or-2002.jpgMe in Gainesville in 2001 or 2002Almost a selfie from back in 2001 or 2002https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e2583-helicopter-selfie.jpgHelicopter selfieI think my first helicopter ride may have been a little overwhelming...2013-12-05T08:26:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/29/friday-headlines-11-29-13/2013-11-30T00:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/27/your-holiday-dinosaur/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a209e-bzsuovicuaaynmy.jpg-large.jpgBZsuovICUAAynMY.jpg largeThe skeleton of the Wild Turkey. In black is the basic skeleton. Red arrows highlight characteristics shared between birds and dinosaurs. Credit: skeleton from UCMP; Red highlights: Thomas Holtz)2013-11-29T01:55:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/24/cupcakeia-and-apparent-polar-wander/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/38542-plate-motions-cupcakeia-t1.jpgPrintCupcakeia and Frosteringia a long, long time agohttps://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8b0e6-plate-motions-cupcakeia.jpgPlate Motions cupcakeiaThe positions of Cupcakeia and Frosteringia during times 1, 2, and 3. The small arrow shows the direction of magnetic north when the continents were in their various positions.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6e1b2-cupcakeia-and-frosteringia.jpgCupcakeia and FrosteringiaA sketch of the hypothetical continenent of Cupcakeia. The northern part of the continent is marked by a chain of formerly volcanic mountains, Frosteringine Mountains. https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e1e38-apw-cupcakeia.jpgAPW CupcakeiaApparent polar wander for Frosteringia and Cupcakeia.2013-11-24T23:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/23/lake-effect-snow/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0b807-more-les-112313.gifmore LES 112313Bands of Lake Effect Snow visible on radar, November 23, 2013. From Weather Underground.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/841d2-les-112313.gifLES 112313Bands of Lake Effect Snow visible on radar, November 23, 2013. From Weather Underground.2013-11-24T01:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/23/tessas-scolding/2013-11-23T23:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/22/friday-headlines-11-22-13/2013-11-22T12:00:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/21/what-does-it-mean-to-see-porphyry/2013-11-21T22:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/20/wordless-wednesday-what-a-dish/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/0d046-niko_dish.jpgNiko_Dish2013-11-21T06:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/19/if-i-were-a-mineral-would-you-rock-my-world/2013-11-21T19:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/19/strike-and-dip-its-not-a-dance-craze-but-it-should-be/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2f11f-strike-and-dip-symbol.jpgPrintThe strike and dip symbol on a map. This is how geologists take a three-dimensional tilting rock layer and represent it on a two-dimensional map.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8e7da-strike-only.jpgPrintStrike (in blue). This is the bearing of a horizontal line that lies on the inclined plane.https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/e727e-dip.jpgDipDip (shown in red). The direction of dip is measured as an angle or bearing relative to North, and the dip amount is measured as an angle from horizontal down.2013-11-20T00:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/18/this-is-autism/2013-11-22T03:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.com/2013/11/15/friday-headlines-11-15-13/https://pennyhiggins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a2f70-journal.pone_.0078188.g001.jpgFigure 1Caught in the act. Fossil froghoppers from the middle Jurassic of China were killed and preserved in the act of mating.2013-11-15T12:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pennyhiggins.comdaily1.02023-01-26T22:53:31+00:00