I’m a youth leader in our local LDS congregation, and tonight we took the kids to Nandos, which is a great restaurant the serves spicy food. I feel spoiled, ha! I’ve also decided I’m a big fan of “macho” sprouts–shredded Brussel sprouts with parsley, mint and tiny bits of chili. 🙂 My mom was recently…
Category: Science, Life, and Free Writing
A Visit to the Natural History Museum at Tring
I spent some time at the lovely Natural History Museum in Tring a week ago. I didn’t get to go inside the public museum space, but I did enjoy looking at bug damage on bones in the unregistered collections, helping prepare and clean off some samples, and learning how to look after dermestids. Here are…
Talk Gem: True Greatness
I’m not always sure what I want to share on this blog. Rather than posting something I’ve created, today I merely want to share some gems that have made my week brighter. I found this lovely talk by President Hunter during my YouTube surfing this week. Concerns about success, achievement, and the perceptions of others…
Photogrammetry: Tombstone with Urn Statue
For learning purposes at university this week, I made a low-res 3D photogrammetry model of a tombstone with an urn statue on top. I’m rather proud of myself, and thus I’m sharing the model here with anyone who might be interested in seeing it. I used 111 photos, taken with one of my school’s Nikon…
Whenever there is Rain
We’ve had a number of high-wind storms come through the UK, with another one on the way this week. This morning when I arrived to church in Stanley with my carpool, there was a beautiful, full-arc rainbow in the sky as the sun broke through the clouds. It reminded me of the primary song: “I…
A Belief: I am a Daughter of God
I shared this on my personal Facebook page in July and wanted to share it again here on my blog. I believe this about each and every person that I meet: that we are daughters and sons of God (a Heavenly Father, and also a Heavenly Mother). It is truly the most powerful identity I…