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Today has felt like a day of ups and downs. I managed to drag myself out of bed at o-dark thirty for a jog, which was all right. We had mixed success finding foraging leafcutter colonies this morning, and yesterday after a rather long battle I had to give up on any ideas of getting timelapse footage of the queens (in short, can't quite sort out settings on available webcams in Ubuntu and they may not have adequate resolution for filming ants anyway). But we're still in a good position overall in terms of research progress, so I can't lose sight of that.
Got news that George the cat got hurt somehow, and that made me instantly homesick, less for New York and more for S and the cats.
Yesterday morning, I went on a couple of walks in the neighborhood. There were lots of interesting things to see. Here's an example of one of the many stormwater retention systems built around here:
There's still a TON of runoff after larger storms, which can take hours to fully subside. For example, here's the intersection near our accommodations, the night before my morning walk:
But back to the walk. This looked like an unusual growth form for a prickly pear-type cactus.
I have really been appreciating being back among the desert sunrises.
And I love the character and details of this older neighborhood.
I had a letter to mail, so I also went over to the nearby post office, which turns out to be the Postal History Foundation Museum.
The building houses a historic post office that used to be located right along the border between Arizona and Mexico. The post office was put back into its shipping crates when the town folded because the trains passed through Bisbee instead. Eventually, it found its way to Tucson and got installed in the museum.
There were interactive and visual displays about how post offices work and the services they provided.
There were several ways to try out canceling pieces of mail.
There were also lots of other resources for people interested in stamp collecting and stamp history, too. Not a huge museum, but totally a fun spot to visit when wanting to find a post office! Apparently the working post office got added on because the museum and associated library wind up needing to mail out a lot of stuff all the time.
Anyway, there's a lot to enjoy in this neighborhood.
Got news that George the cat got hurt somehow, and that made me instantly homesick, less for New York and more for S and the cats.
Yesterday morning, I went on a couple of walks in the neighborhood. There were lots of interesting things to see. Here's an example of one of the many stormwater retention systems built around here:
There's still a TON of runoff after larger storms, which can take hours to fully subside. For example, here's the intersection near our accommodations, the night before my morning walk:
But back to the walk. This looked like an unusual growth form for a prickly pear-type cactus.
I have really been appreciating being back among the desert sunrises.
And I love the character and details of this older neighborhood.
I had a letter to mail, so I also went over to the nearby post office, which turns out to be the Postal History Foundation Museum.
The building houses a historic post office that used to be located right along the border between Arizona and Mexico. The post office was put back into its shipping crates when the town folded because the trains passed through Bisbee instead. Eventually, it found its way to Tucson and got installed in the museum.
There were interactive and visual displays about how post offices work and the services they provided.
There were several ways to try out canceling pieces of mail.
There were also lots of other resources for people interested in stamp collecting and stamp history, too. Not a huge museum, but totally a fun spot to visit when wanting to find a post office! Apparently the working post office got added on because the museum and associated library wind up needing to mail out a lot of stuff all the time.
Anyway, there's a lot to enjoy in this neighborhood.
