Woodland Antics

I had the best birthday! The night prior to the big day I slept in Reed's bed which meant I didn't get up once with Clay. (as it turns out Reed was sick that night so I got up with him a couple of times) This was one of the best gifts Ryan has ever thought of.  My birthday morning I slept in while Ry got the kids off to school.  Even better he took the day off from work to pamper me.  It was the best birthday ever! The kids showered me with some beautiful gifts and we went for a hike upon my request. We went to Pound Bend... Pound Bend Tunnel has an interesting history from Victoria's gold rush days HERE   is some information about it.  Seeing a platypus in the wild is a big deal even to especially to Australians. So you can imagine our excitement when we had a sighting... The kids got tired on the return hike... note my sweet new necklace from Fiona ...

A year ago we were in Thailand enjoying our family babymoon... one last trip without a baby. What a difference a year makes. I typically don't like my picture taken.   Even so, I'm thankful Ryan insists because many moons from now I'm certain I will look back and think, what was I fussing about?

Remember this and  this ? well We have finally been published! You can check it all out on the  Ecology website .  or Here are the highlights... The photograph is of the Becancour River. The backdrop to Woodland antics for the year we lived in Quebec. {I miss our river}  I have to admit there's a bit of a thrill to see my name as the photographer. (if you look at the photo on the website you can see it too) The photograph obviously had to be cropped for the cover.  I'm a little bummed the rainbow from the original didn't survive the cut.         M ore importantly here's Ryan's article.   This is only the text.  If you're interested in seeing the complete article with graphs and all the bells & whistles go HERE . Incorporating temporally dynamic baselines in isotopic mixing models Ryan J. Woodland 1 , Marco A. Rodríguez, Pierre Magnan, Hélène Glémet, and Gilbert Cabana Centre de Recherche sur les Interactions Bassins ...