I passed!!

My private thesis exam is finally over! My last major hurdle is my public thesis talk. The professors picked the 4th of July at 4pm as the date of my public talk... the president of my committee thought it would be so fitting that the American girl presents on an American holiday. Do I have to wear a flag?

Since I was so busy preparing before my talk last week, I didn't get a chance to post the pictures from our fun night at the caveau in Lutry and then afterwards downtown. Here's the link to the set from Lutry and a link to see all my pictures.

-Joe comparing the ferret-like animal on the bottle to the stuffed one in the caveau

-fun with distortions in the wine glass

A couple weekends ago Joe and I bought some edelweiss for our planters. For our wedding present, Jess and Tom are going to have Tom's sister paint us our very own edelweiss! Tom's sister's paintings are awesome and I'm so excited to get my own... but she can't paint it until I get her some good pictures of edelweiss. I need to get a couple pictures out in nature (too difficult to find) or at a botanical rock garden (unfortunately the closest one is still closed because our weather has been so cold the last few months that there's still snow covering the plants!), but I decided to buy my own plant just in case I don't get any good pictures at the garden.

-Here's one of the flowers on our balcony.