Professor Asha Rao

@asharao

Passionate Mathematician; cybersecurity expert; enjoy sewing, cooking, gardening, walking. 2019-2020 Superstar of STEM, Inductee 2021 Victorian Honours Roll of Women; No DMs

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Professor Asha Rao@asharao· 11d

In solidarity with Eddie Woo’s Art of Mathematics!

Screenshot of The Art of Mathematics with Eddie Woo, learning resource, Secondary Years 7 - 12
At the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
A picture of Eddie Woo on a green lawn with the gallery in the background

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· 13d

I did quite a bit of gardening over the weekend. Pruned the mandarin tree - hoping it will fruit next year - didn’t get any this year 😟 My tiny backyard is a bit of a jumble but getting more productive every year. Oh, I didn’t weed out any dandelions - want to leave them until spring!

A jumble of pots with plants - the one on the left is a gooseberry. On the right, at the back is a Jasmine creeping over a wall (barely visible). In front of it is a mandarin, a fig and a cheery guava.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· 13d

The moon and Venus in the western sky (right) just now, from my backyard. I zoomed out to get the shot on the right. Is that Spica from the Constellation Virgo on the upper right? If no, than what? #nightsky #earthsky

The moon (bigger dot) and Venus (smaller dot) in the middle ground.
The foreground is a roof of a building with solar panels.
The camera is zoomed out to bring in the other celestial body - a bright dot about 5deg northeast of the duo.
Is that Spica?
Wish there was less light pollution so I could capture more.

A clearer shot showing the crescent moon and Venus in the middle ground of the picture. The sky, just after sunset is a beautiful purple blue.

Just below the two celestial bodies is the outline of the roof of a house, forming the foreground of the picture.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· May 8

Have just started reading this book Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel. Amazing writer - captivates from page 1!

Cover of book : Colour deep red
Has Hilary Mantel in words at the top
A flower in the middle
Wolf Hall at the bottom

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· May 7

Yes, wore it this week for the first time. It fits so well! Still wondering if I should add closures. Here’s the reverse view:

Black and white striped jacket bound with a chevron binding

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· May 7

You didn’t see it? Finished about 20 days ago! And posted. Here it is!

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Apr 26

Walk along Bells beach. Thought you all will like this in your timeline today. The sea steady and calming.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Apr 25

Sunset. South Melbourne beach. Why I love walking there around sunset. Never disappoints. Always was, always will be!

The sky turning liquid amber around the orange setting sun. The stripy clouds are reflecting the colour. In the foreground is the grey beach and the pale ocean.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Apr 20

Mine is mountain (tree) climbing! About the size of an orange at the moment.

A small pumpkin clinging to a tree trunk

Pumpkin with finger pointing to it, to indicate it’s (small) size

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Apr 18

Finally done! I think I will most likely only wear it on the coloured side. I love how the patterns mimics branding at centre front. Zoom in to have a look. And I had been sad that the centre front pattern would be lost with the binding, but it has actually been enhanced!

Multi-striped jacket with a variety of stripes, bound with a chevron binding at neckline, front and hems, as well as sleeve hems.

Reverse side is black and white multi-stripes. Shows the shoulder seams as well as armhole seams are also bound with the same chevron binding.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Apr 12

This is slow going! After much thought and searching, I found the right bias binding for the jacket. On the right is the jacket before binding is applied. Will need to see if I can get more binding. 3m turned out to be insufficient. Far right is the reverse side.

Jacket with multi-coloured (black, cream, orange) and multi-design stripes, bound with a pink and orange binding at jacket fronts, neckline and hem.
The corners have been mitred.
Sleeves hems are turned up, but need to be bound and finished.

Same jacket before edges have been bound.

The reverse side of the jacket has black and white patterns with some pale browns. The bond stands out in contrast. The shoulder seams have Ali been bound.
The armhole seams remain to be finished (bound?), as well as the sleeve hems.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Apr 4

The moon this morning as the sky pales with the rising sun! Aren’t we so lucky to live on this beautiful planet

The moon framed by a bamboo frond on the left and a rooftop solar panel on the right.
The sky is tinged a pale orange pink as the sun rises.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Apr 1

Now I’m seriously worried 😟

“Keep Calm and Carry On was a motivational poster produced by the Government of the United Kingdom in 1939 in preparation for World War II”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Mar 22

And there were people ignoring this poignant warning and fishing from these very same rocks 🤷🏽‍♀️

Poster with title “Gone fishing”
The first panel below, shows small waves breaking on some rocks with a person outlined with a white circle standing on the rocks. The time stamp says 1:57pm
The second panel a huge wave breaking where the person was standing. Time stamp says 1:58pm.
Below is the warning “Don’t put your life on line” with the following messages
Always wear a PFD
Never fish alone
Stay alert - conditions change
And details of the emergency number etc.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Mar 22

19km walk along the Bass coast today. The waves were huge. Here are some for your viewing pleasure.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Mar 12

Speaking of sunsets, here’s one. From last Saturday, up at Mt Buller.

Panoramic shot of sunset. The foreground shows the grass and shrubs down the mountainside. The middle ground has the blue mountains. The sky is shades of purple, pink, orange and pale blue, in strips.

The clouds reflecting the colours, with bright splashes of orange and lilac. The lawn is in the foreground with ski lifts punctuating the scene, a multi-storey building is visible on the left and a big green tree on the right.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Mar 1

A little progress! Have sewn the front pieces together. The flat felled seams are working! Taking this slowly- more mental ruminations before physical labour. Turned out flat felling is easier if the edges are not overlocked. #geometryinaction!

Front pieces of jacket combined. Shows the symmetry of the pieces and the beauty of the orange and red bans, black and white zigzag, some larger, some smaller, patterns.

The reverse side. The seams have been flat-felled.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Feb 28

Walk along the Mullum mullum creek today. Was hot and humid with no breath of wind at the beginning! Totally soaked! Luckily there was a zephyr at mid morning! The confluence of the Mullum Mullum and Birrarung was beautiful! Though the pic below is of the Birrarung (I think)🤷🏽‍♀️

An expanse of water in the foreground with trees in the middle ground, with a bit of blue sky and white clouds.
In the middle distance is a little waterfall, tumbling away.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Feb 17

Starting new project. Got some fabric (not much!) which is black and white on one side and colourful on the other. After much deliberation: making a simple, reversible jacket. Fabric frays madly, so more pain to come. Will update thread as I go.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Feb 13

Let’s change that! Here are some tomato flowers from my garden.

A small bunch of yellow, tomato flowers blooming in the middle of a green background of leaves.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Feb 7

Time was when the Melbourne skyline had only a few towers. Look at it now! From Sr Kilda pier

Row of buildings in the middle ground against a blue sky scattered with white fluffy clouds.
Blue -green sea in the foreground with a yellow buoy bobbing and many sea craft visible.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Jan 27

8:50pm and still 39C Went out and watered the pots. Luckily, the shade cloth I spread over the smaller pots before the hot weather on 9 Jan. is keeping the backyard a smidgen cooler. PS: It’s much more erratic now, but serves its purpose.

A small backyard chock-a-block with plants shaded by a green shade cloth propped up on sticks.
The shade cloth doesn’t look so neat anymore!

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Jan 26

A short walk in Western Port today - 10km The beach was lovely with the tide going out and a nice breeze blowing. Took time out to paddle in the waves

Blue-green ocean in the middle, with wave-wet sand in the foreground. A blue sky and hazy land can be seen in far distance. To the right are cliffs with green trees

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Jan 18

Long walk along the Birrarung today near Fairfield. Some good views of #Melbourne city, and the flying foxes roosting along the river bank. If you ever drive towards the city along the M3 at sunset, you will see hundreds flying overhead. Do check the altitude text for more details.

Trees and green shrubbery in the foreground almost hiding the many buildings in the background. There sky is a pale blue.

A better view of the buildings of Melbourne city. There undulating brown grassy areas and some trees and shrubs in the fore and middle ground. The many skyscrapers and the blue sky make up the background.

Hundreds of flying foxes hanging from the branches.
Did you know flying foxes are vegan, and are the main pollinators for about 100 indigenous trees?
They have been here for about 400million years, way before any humans.
Let’s take the time to share our bounty with them.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Dec 5

Project hyperbolic skirt finally done. Made with triangles. Completed the hem by hand over many hours! Drapes beautifully.

A skirt in a patterned fabric hangs on a mannequin. The fabric is splashes of pink, orange and blue on a white background. The skirt is made of triangles sewed together, and has a flat yoke.

The skirt laid on the ground to show its fullness. The idea was to construct a hyperbolic plane that has much more fullness than a full circle.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Nov 13

8:56pm. Sun has definitely set! So, is this the Aurora? The clouds are rolling in ☹️ But that’s Melbourne!!

A delicate sky, in pale lilac, orange and pink, framed by leaves in the foreground

The clouds are rolling in. A wisp of pink is visible in the sky in the bottom left corner

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Nov 13

Not Aurora Australis but the twilight sky is just as beautiful. Hoping I can see the Aurora in a few minutes.

Tree and roof of house in foreground.
Blue sky with steaks of purple and a pale orange in the background.

Sky is a pale lilac with an orange splash. The roofs of houses are just visible dark shapes.

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Oct 20

First harvest from my mulberry bush @liangrhea.bsky.social Only one plant, but it will me at least 4 or 5 punnets if I remember to keep the water up. Earlier this year than normal.

A bunch of blank, and some with a tinge of red, mulberries in a plastic container

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Aug 10

Long walk along Ocean Grove beach yesterday. For you both @pleasurelab.bsky.social and @emergencybk.bsky.social Sound up. Enjoy!

Professor Asha Rao@asharao· Jul 27

Made kimchi today! Wanted to use daikon radish, but no luck. Made it spicier this time!!