I'm on a "non-teaching" term at the moment. Yep - my "summer vacation" is in the middle of winter. Whose idea was that? Not mine, I'll tell you. However, for part of the term, I'm supposed to be doing things that contribute to my professional development, or to the good of the college, so I've been photographing things biological/anatomical for a biology department photo library. This is the base of a giant-bird-of-paradise. That's what the label said and who am I to question a label?

Oh, and, your tax dollars at work (if, that is, you live in the States).