Ensimmäinen krookus kukkii. Sisukas kaveri! Toissapäivänä iski vielä sakea lumipyry ja yöllä oli reilusti yli -10 °C pakkasta.
First Crocus is up and blooming! What boldness! There was still a snow storm the day before yesterday and at nights it has been -10 °C and even colder.
Tentissä en tunnistanut millään 5-6 näytettä. Päädyin ehdottamaan niistä kolmea isotuomipihlajaksi toivoen, että edes jokin osuisi kohdalleen. Kuulemma pääsin läpi tentistä - en kuitenkaan jaksa uskoa, että kovin korkealla arvosanalla, sillä niin paljon virheitä tuli.
We had the twig exam today at school. Officially it was "winter identification exam" of bushes and trees without leaves - which makes them all twigs that all look the same.
It was 97 different species and we had to memorize both the Finnish names and the scientific names (Latin names) as well as identify which is which. A task that seemed desperate, impossible and outrageously ridiculous for a long time. Yesterday evening I thought I'd identify 90 % of the species by their Finnish name and 50 % by the Latin name.
But anything can happen in the exam... there were 35 twig samples and I just couldn't identify 5-6 of them. I ended up suggesting Amelanchier spicata to three of them in the hope of getting at least one right. :-)
The teacher said I passed the exam but I don't believe I'll score high. I know I made several mistakes.
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