Amy Parachnowitsch
@evoecoamy.bsky.social
evolutionary ecologist trying to understand flowers and my teenager | occasional fireweed spotter | 🇨🇦 / 🇸🇪 | enjoying sabbatical | I should be writing
Congratulations to Ada Clarke who had an excellent master’s defence today. She was an absolute pleasure to work with! Forgot pictures but found this lovely bag in Sweden as a gift.
August 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Congratulations to Ada Clarke who had an excellent master’s defence today. She was an absolute pleasure to work with! Forgot pictures but found this lovely bag in Sweden as a gift.
Just like that my sabbatical in Sweden is done! Sad to be leaving but looking forward to adventures ahead!
August 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Just like that my sabbatical in Sweden is done! Sad to be leaving but looking forward to adventures ahead!
A major sabbatical accomplishment: learning to do stranded knitting (two colours)! Still need to block but it is done!
July 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A major sabbatical accomplishment: learning to do stranded knitting (two colours)! Still need to block but it is done!
I will not buy any more ceramic in Sweden. I will not buy any more ceramic in Sweden before ending my sabbatical. I will not buy… why always so temping?!
July 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I will not buy any more ceramic in Sweden. I will not buy any more ceramic in Sweden before ending my sabbatical. I will not buy… why always so temping?!
Always so exciting to start a new project, happy to be contributing to this nice and beautiful work!
May 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Always so exciting to start a new project, happy to be contributing to this nice and beautiful work!
Antique shopping today and found this amazing vernal wall tile with my study species, fireweed. I’m already regretting leaving it although it is heavy and a bit hard to bring with everything else…
May 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Antique shopping today and found this amazing vernal wall tile with my study species, fireweed. I’m already regretting leaving it although it is heavy and a bit hard to bring with everything else…
Was I super excited to find a fireweed themed dishcloth? Yes! Did I show incredible restraint by leaving the notebook? Surprisingly also yes. Will I ever use the cloth for dishes? Likely no.
May 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Was I super excited to find a fireweed themed dishcloth? Yes! Did I show incredible restraint by leaving the notebook? Surprisingly also yes. Will I ever use the cloth for dishes? Likely no.
I'm seeking graduate students interested in studying nectar evolutionary ecology. Masters or PhD. Sep 2025 or Jan 2026 start. Interested students encouraged to apply by May 5 to be eligible for additional scholarships. #gradschool #flower #evolution #nectar #pollination
April 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I'm seeking graduate students interested in studying nectar evolutionary ecology. Masters or PhD. Sep 2025 or Jan 2026 start. Interested students encouraged to apply by May 5 to be eligible for additional scholarships. #gradschool #flower #evolution #nectar #pollination
I almost bought this sweater because I’ve been wanting something fungi themed for my first year biology lecture (I know…) but didn’t love the colours or fit or quality. I will keep on searching
April 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I almost bought this sweater because I’ve been wanting something fungi themed for my first year biology lecture (I know…) but didn’t love the colours or fit or quality. I will keep on searching
Sometimes a small world: working on a manuscript about Colorado penstemons in a small corner of Sweden and saw these in a second hand store.
April 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Sometimes a small world: working on a manuscript about Colorado penstemons in a small corner of Sweden and saw these in a second hand store.
So very grateful for the warm spring morning, this view for my tea, and the relief that my lab can keep doing science #NSERC. The world is showing us the future isn’t always certain so I feel very privileged in this moment.
April 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
So very grateful for the warm spring morning, this view for my tea, and the relief that my lab can keep doing science #NSERC. The world is showing us the future isn’t always certain so I feel very privileged in this moment.
I’m so grateful to be living in the most beautiful place I ever have right in this moment, although it also feels weird and somehow disloyal to be away from Canada. But these views are healing:
March 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I’m so grateful to be living in the most beautiful place I ever have right in this moment, although it also feels weird and somehow disloyal to be away from Canada. But these views are healing:
I think I just have to overcome the paralysis that just all of this is causing in me right now. It all feels so heavy but at least spring is springing were I’m living for sabbatical!
March 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I think I just have to overcome the paralysis that just all of this is causing in me right now. It all feels so heavy but at least spring is springing were I’m living for sabbatical!
I found my study species second hand shopping today. So delighted!
March 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I found my study species second hand shopping today. So delighted!
It feels like a really weird year to be away from Canada on sabbatical. Difficult to know what the changes will feel like when we go back in summer.
February 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It feels like a really weird year to be away from Canada on sabbatical. Difficult to know what the changes will feel like when we go back in summer.
Blekinge, the county in Sweden where we’re living, has a traditional form of embroidery that reminds me of the trans flag colours. Older than than flag, but who knows crafts can be subversive as F 😉
January 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Blekinge, the county in Sweden where we’re living, has a traditional form of embroidery that reminds me of the trans flag colours. Older than than flag, but who knows crafts can be subversive as F 😉
I just had a fox running through the yard!!!
January 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I just had a fox running through the yard!!!
Weekend walk to help with the state of the world
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Weekend walk to help with the state of the world
It really is just these two rocks next to some houses and a small soccer net, you can trip over history in Sweden
January 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It really is just these two rocks next to some houses and a small soccer net, you can trip over history in Sweden
I really think cats should not roam free but I have some guilty pleasure when the neighbour’s decides to visit!
January 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I really think cats should not roam free but I have some guilty pleasure when the neighbour’s decides to visit!
The views and light from our sabbatical house make me want to take up watercolour painting
January 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The views and light from our sabbatical house make me want to take up watercolour painting
I ripped out the bottom of this sweater because it didn’t fit right-3rd attempt to make a sweater with this wool
January 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I ripped out the bottom of this sweater because it didn’t fit right-3rd attempt to make a sweater with this wool
The energy I felt I wanted to go into 2025 with:
January 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The energy I felt I wanted to go into 2025 with:
Husband invented a new word today when I said it was so scenic here it is almost obscene. Obscenic: ridiculously beautiful scenery bordering on obscene. Case and point, today’s Christmas Eve walk
December 24, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Husband invented a new word today when I said it was so scenic here it is almost obscene. Obscenic: ridiculously beautiful scenery bordering on obscene. Case and point, today’s Christmas Eve walk
