Laura Hollister
@xenolith.bsky.social
Mother, Wife, Geoscientist, Feminist, & Educator. NAGT-TED Past President, 2009 OEST Recipient. BS /MS Env. Geoscience
Backseat driver.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Backseat driver.
16 seconds peaceful Tuolumne River sound for you.
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
16 seconds peaceful Tuolumne River sound for you.
For Halloween this year, I dressed up as none other than Miss Frizzle. My students have been asking me to do it for years and so this year I finally obliged.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
For Halloween this year, I dressed up as none other than Miss Frizzle. My students have been asking me to do it for years and so this year I finally obliged.
I saw a friend this morning when I went out to get something from the garage.
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I saw a friend this morning when I went out to get something from the garage.
I found the coolest spider in my yard tonight.
🧪🧬🕷️
Content Warning- pictures of a spider below
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Content Warning- pictures of a spider below
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I found the coolest spider in my yard tonight.
🧪🧬🕷️
Content Warning- pictures of a spider below
🧪🧬🕷️
Content Warning- pictures of a spider below
We’re getting closer. The plants need to dry out and the seed pods too. Hopefully in the next couple weeks.
Keep pestering me. 😉
Keep pestering me. 😉
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We’re getting closer. The plants need to dry out and the seed pods too. Hopefully in the next couple weeks.
Keep pestering me. 😉
Keep pestering me. 😉
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Jasper, the geology dog. ⚒️
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Jasper, the geology dog. ⚒️
As a geologist I must share that there is no dirt. There is soil and various sediment and they are all beautiful. ⚒️🧪
Soil image from washingtonsoilhealthinitiative.com/2024/03/the-...
Soil image from washingtonsoilhealthinitiative.com/2024/03/the-...
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
As a geologist I must share that there is no dirt. There is soil and various sediment and they are all beautiful. ⚒️🧪
Soil image from washingtonsoilhealthinitiative.com/2024/03/the-...
Soil image from washingtonsoilhealthinitiative.com/2024/03/the-...
Z and Ryan had both mentioned they seen a squirrel in the neighborhood and I saw it this morning too. It’s in our neighbors tree. It appears to be black, maybe a melanistic form of an eastern gray?
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Z and Ryan had both mentioned they seen a squirrel in the neighborhood and I saw it this morning too. It’s in our neighbors tree. It appears to be black, maybe a melanistic form of an eastern gray?
He’s a big teenage stinker now. Come to think of it so is Z. Help Janine. I’m surrounded by teenage boys!
This is Jasper trying so hard to be friends with the cat who is staying safely away on the fence .
This is Jasper trying so hard to be friends with the cat who is staying safely away on the fence .
September 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
He’s a big teenage stinker now. Come to think of it so is Z. Help Janine. I’m surrounded by teenage boys!
This is Jasper trying so hard to be friends with the cat who is staying safely away on the fence .
This is Jasper trying so hard to be friends with the cat who is staying safely away on the fence .
It went great! I used a walking to class example- we were getting ready to do a seed planting experiment.
I think Ss will need to do this a few more times for it to stick, but it definitely made the concepts clearer and helped them design their experiments .
Here’s the example we did on the board .
I think Ss will need to do this a few more times for it to stick, but it definitely made the concepts clearer and helped them design their experiments .
Here’s the example we did on the board .
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It went great! I used a walking to class example- we were getting ready to do a seed planting experiment.
I think Ss will need to do this a few more times for it to stick, but it definitely made the concepts clearer and helped them design their experiments .
Here’s the example we did on the board .
I think Ss will need to do this a few more times for it to stick, but it definitely made the concepts clearer and helped them design their experiments .
Here’s the example we did on the board .
He’s a splooty boy!
September 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
He’s a splooty boy!
We’re at our family cabin today cleaning up the yard and creating better defensible space.
It really sucks that the other families don’t do this when they’re here . This alone took an hour.
And there’s a lot more to be done .
It really sucks that the other families don’t do this when they’re here . This alone took an hour.
And there’s a lot more to be done .
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We’re at our family cabin today cleaning up the yard and creating better defensible space.
It really sucks that the other families don’t do this when they’re here . This alone took an hour.
And there’s a lot more to be done .
It really sucks that the other families don’t do this when they’re here . This alone took an hour.
And there’s a lot more to be done .
Great piece- take the time to read and think about it.
September 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great piece- take the time to read and think about it.
Today I finally got the Oak Titmouse on my bird buddy feeder. There are 2 of them but they are so fast it’s hard to get a picture.
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August 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today I finally got the Oak Titmouse on my bird buddy feeder. There are 2 of them but they are so fast it’s hard to get a picture.
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Hey, does anybody know what this symbol means?
August 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hey, does anybody know what this symbol means?
Normally, in the morning after Jasper goes out to go potty, he comes back in and lies on the bed with us. Today he didn’t and he was so quiet. We wondered why.
August 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Normally, in the morning after Jasper goes out to go potty, he comes back in and lies on the bed with us. Today he didn’t and he was so quiet. We wondered why.
My school district is on lightning protocol lockdown which means students cannot go outside until lightning is further away than 10 miles.
Unfortunately for everyone today thunderstorms storms to the east are just parked and popping off and they’ve been there since 10am. 😳🤦♀️
#CAWX
Unfortunately for everyone today thunderstorms storms to the east are just parked and popping off and they’ve been there since 10am. 😳🤦♀️
#CAWX
August 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My school district is on lightning protocol lockdown which means students cannot go outside until lightning is further away than 10 miles.
Unfortunately for everyone today thunderstorms storms to the east are just parked and popping off and they’ve been there since 10am. 😳🤦♀️
#CAWX
Unfortunately for everyone today thunderstorms storms to the east are just parked and popping off and they’ve been there since 10am. 😳🤦♀️
#CAWX
Jaspers current status.
August 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Jaspers current status.
Monsoonal moisture above my yard.
August 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Monsoonal moisture above my yard.
It’s still August and the days have been hot, but many of the large pistache trees in town have leaves that are turning color already.
August 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It’s still August and the days have been hot, but many of the large pistache trees in town have leaves that are turning color already.
No cheating. Post the last photo of your per (fur baby).
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
No cheating. Post the last photo of your per (fur baby).