Michael

@scienceteacher

I like basil, quahogs, horseshoe crabs, and teaching high school critters. Oh, and swear words. he/him/his (photos taken by me unless otherwise noted....)

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Michael@scienceteacher· 22d

This was mostly just carbon dioxide just a few weeks ago.

Salad from garden basil, tomatoes, and garlic.

Michael@scienceteacher· 23d

Apocalyptic and beautiful. Cry for the children.

Sun setting over the Delaware Bay, dimmed by wildfire smoke.

Michael@scienceteacher· 27d

Saw pelicans over the Cape May Canal today, and had to share the news with the hand.

Statue of a hand that greets folks who wander to the end of Shore Drive.

It says " You have now made it to the end of the trail. Now turn and head to a happy busy day with the hands's [sic] wishes."

Michael@scienceteacher· Jul 11

Science teacher bloviating: "Nature never sucks, nature only blows!" The man was *pushed* out by the air pressure behind him. Gazillions of gas molecules randomly bouncing around and colliding with things is the heart of much of science. And why the "but survives" bit? The NYT sounds disappointed.

"Headline from the New York Times saying "Passenger is Partly Sucked Through Plane Window bur Survives, Reports Say

Michael@scienceteacher· Jul 6

Trimming the garlic is one of my favorite gardening activities. You pull them out of dirt, and under the dirt is beauty.

Several hardneck garlics on a glass table.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jul 3

Just a few months ago in these same parts. The edge of the bay was lined with blocks of ice the size of small boats.

Ice ridges along the Delaware Bay a few months ago. on the right is a jetty. The sky has cottony clouds and the horizon of the bay shows where the ice became liquid.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jun 24

In the end, the bay prevails

Sun setting over a damaged wooden jetty.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jun 23

Our local jetty is breaking apart, but as its functional use diminishes, its aesthetic appeal improves.

Large nut on a bolt protruding from a jetty. Remnants of barnacles can be seen.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jun 23

Sunsets never grow old, and can never quite get captured.

Sunset on the Delaware Bay as seen from North Cape May.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jun 23

A few weeks ago I found a tiny plastic Jesus in the crack of a sidewalk. A week or two later, I found a (not as tiny) plastic human leg on the same block. They are among us.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jun 23

This student's tomato plant was left over from the spring of 2025, survived the summer in school, struggled through the winter on a west-facing windowsill, and this week we got this. The breath of two years of students in one, tiny tomato.

A small, bright red tomato on a windowsill.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jun 22

Moments after sunset. We're truly spoiled on the west coast of New Jersey. Night after night after night. This one is from soon before the solstice.

A wisp of clouds in an orange sky on the edge of the Delaware Bay in the foreground.

Michael@scienceteacher· Jun 22

This year's garlic so far: Rough spring--hot and dry with a surgery thrown in, so maybe a tad smaller than usual, but still fookin' amazing every time I pull one up.