Winterizational

Chickadee in my backyard! 


We got a lot of snow in Buffalo in the past week.  Too much!  We ventured out to Reinstein and couldn't get very far as we didn't have any snow-shoes.  Robert's a tall guy and the snow was up to his knees in some spots.  Reinstein has snow-shoes for rent for $2/pair but it was closed :( 

Oh, and yesterday it snowed a lot at my house and when I came home from school I was surprised to see a freshly snow-blowed driveway.  My neighbors are really nice :)

School is nearly over for winter break.  Next week is finals week!  It's uncanny how fast the semester is approaching an end... it seems like yesterday was the first day of school....  where has the time gone?  But I feel pretty confident that I'll do well as I've been doing well all semester long :) :) :)  Either way, I will buckle down and spend some quality time at the library.

Just wanted to post some updates for y'all out there... whoever's reading this...  anybody?

Penn Dixie Paleontological Site

I dragged Robert to the Penn Dixie Fossil Site this past weekend and he was kind enough to humor me :)  I've had this urge to find some fossils for a while but never pursued it.  When I was in 8th grade my Earth Science teacher took us on a field trip to collect fossils but I only vaguely remembered it.  I did remember that I had fun and that I found some neat specimens.

This trip/location was much different than I remembered... I'm still not 100% sure it was the same spot from over 10 years ago but it was neat.  Fossils were everywhere!  You can literally look down and see hundreds of preserved little things from millions of years ago... just lying there.  I think it's really amazing... life on Earth.

I am determined to find some decent trilobites so I will definitely go again. 









Digging for fossils is hard work!

What I Saw

When my husband and I can't think of anything to do we always have the option of visiting some nature preserves around the area.  I think they're fantastic and the WNY area has quite an abundance of nature preserves.  I think we'll visit each and every one this year.  Though they don't have as much wildlife as I'd like, when we do see something we get really excited about it.  When it comes to nature, I just can't take anything for granted. 

A couple of weeks ago we visited Reinstein Woods again (for the 3rd time this year, I think!) and saw and heard a few interesting things.