Hello, life!

[avrelia]

I've been trying to post for a while now, and all I accomplished was several unfinished posts, that I totally plan to finish.

Spring is early and fierce around here, and I am enjoying it a lot - gardening with my son, or watching all kinds of animals come and eat what we planted.

I feel as if live in nature preserve - there are so many strange birds, mammals and such skittering around.

The most fun sightings are, without a doubt, of a groundhog. It comes every other day, strictly at dinner time (6-6:30 pm) and munches on clover, raspberry bushes and various flowers. I am way too amused by its habits and furriness to try to get rid of it.



My garden this time of year:





Beside gardening I amuse myself by studying through courses offered by www.coursera.org. They are free and awesome. I took Model Thinking, and it was a really amazing experience (even in the fact that I had to do more advanced math than ever - I've never had to deal with calculus and probabilities before).

Now it is Computer Science 101, and in June it's going to be Fantasy and Science Fiction. Lots of fun! (with very real quizzes, exercises and essays).

Anyone can join, by the way. Highly recommended!