Marita Barth

@maritabarth.bsky.social

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Oregonian, Chemistry Instructor at Oregon State University, Photographer, Embroiderer, Occasional Adventurer, Book Nerd. Undergrad Oregon State (with a side quest to Lincoln University NZ), PhD MIT, Post Doc Mass General. Opinions mine.

Two barn owls sit in the rafters of a barn.
A small fishing knife in a white cardboard box. The handle of the knife is made to look like the skin of a rainbow trout.
A black Labrador retriever lays curled up on a yoga mat while the leg and arm of someone trying to do a hamstring stretch is barely visible at the side of the mat.
A screencap of an activity report from the Tractive app labeled ‘Breed Comparison’. It has a bar graph with a bar that says ‘Lincoln 188 min’ and another that says ‘Labrador retriever 93 min’. It additionally says ‘Lincoln is 102% more active than other dogs that are similar in age and breed.
A screencap of a schedule of workshops. The first two listed workshops are "dog judging" and "decoding cat behavior".
A short video showing a herd of bison in a green field. Most of them are staring at the camera.
A view onto a green pasture. There are two large turkey vultures on fenceposts in the middle distance, and a herd of bison bedded down a bit farther away.
A goofy black Labrador retriever in mid air with his ears flapping weirdly and his mouth gaping open towards a tennis ball that he hasn’t quite caught yet.
An image of a Coca Cola mini can that is red with a white stripe. In silver the word "OREGON" is in smaller letters with a larger "OR". Beneath it is a silver star with a red image inside. I think it's meant to be an Oregon grape, but it has two oregon grape leaves with three flowers on a single stem above it.
A flyer that reads "Polk County 4-H Association Presents the 2025 Holiday Fair. Friday and Saturday November 7th and 8th 9 AM to 5 PM. Located at the Polk County Fairgrounds. Door prize raffle every 15 minutes. Come spend the day shopping with friends for all your Holiday needs. No entry fee! Donations support the Polk County 4-H Youth"
A sunny green pasture with two mules and a horse grazing.
An extreme close-up of a black Labrador retriever
A small gopher snake on cement next to a plastic chair leg. Its brown and yellow pattern resembles a boot lace.
A black Labrador retriever whose face is captured with a goofy expression. His mouth is half open, his tongue is twisted, and he’s giving a side eye.
A black Labrador retriever sits on a white photographic sweep looking at the camera expectantly. A lighting soft box is very close to him and aimed at his head.
A tall young man with a black Labrador retriever on a leash stands in bright green grass near a lake between mountains.
A very happy black Labrador retriever looks over the back seat of a vehicle.
A black Labrador retriever lies on a carpeted floor panting heavily.
A macro shot of a water boatman nymph; it is facing the camera with one set of legs spread wide. It has big red triangular eyes.
An unpainted ceramic dog on a table with paints and brushes.
A small purple flower that has small petals on a conical center. It is apparently called selfheal.
A black Labrador retriever with his head in a cone stares out a sliding glass door at a ground squirrel that is up on its hind legs looking in the window at him.
A selfie with a smiling woman and a black Labrador retriever in a cone of shame.
A black Labrador retriever lies with his front paws crossed looking up judgmentally at the camera
A black Labrador retriever sits in a grassy area with dark purple irises in the background.
A screenshot of an amazon ad on Facebook. There is a cropped image of a text box, and beneath it is text that says “Shop for baking essentials”. The visible part of the text box is: now that your ot supposed to a dead body? hen that means thing inside of is rotten!
A black Labrador retriever stands on grass happily wagging his tail. He has a white plastic hanging planter basket caught up on his collar by the hook. It comes loose and falls to the ground and he looks mildly surprised.
A video of black Labrador retriever who starts off sitting in a green pasture on a hillside. When he is told to ‘break’ he runs and zigs and zags through the grass, sniffing and wagging his tail. After a bit of exploration he returns to near the camera and sits when he is told to.
The back end of a black Labrador retriever is visible while the front end has burrowed under a blanket that is overhanging the footrest on a recliner.
A black lab with a very waggy tail zigs, zags, and twirls down a conifer forest path, stopping to sniff things and slurp water.
A black Labrador retriever in blue dinosaur pajamas stands with his mouth partly open looking goofy.
A black Labrador retriever in a red sweater lies curled up on a couch.
A black Labrador retriever in a red Santa sweater stands a little unsteadily and looks at the camera with his mouth a little open.
An AirTag notification with the headings “Time Sensitive” and “‘Lincoln’ left behind”
A black Labrador retriever stands in snow and looks through a fence at a snowy pasture with oak trees.
A paring knife with a wooden handle sitting on an anvil.
A forged knife with half of a handle assembly clamped on with a c-clamp.
A hammered out steel knife shape sitting on a workbench.
A tall teen in a red shirt hammers hot steel on an anvil. He is wearing ear and eye protection.
Ten bison, including some young ones, are seen in a pasture beyond some mossy oak trees.
A black Labrador retriever lies curled up on a couch with an Xbox controller by his paws.
A nest like structure 15-20 feet up in a Douglas fir that surrounds the trunk, and spreads out several feet onto the surrounding branches. The structure is probably over three feet tall.
Picture of findings sheet from veterinarian visit. Under the heading exam findings is the text Patient is bright, alert, and responsive at time of exam. Nervous, but sweet and does well with handling.
Purple grapes and green leaves and vines stitched on a grey background.
Grey, purple, and green stitching on grey fabric in the shape of grapes, vines, and leaves.
Stitching with gray, purple, and green stitching of grape leaves, vines, and grapes, that is partially complete.
A black Labrador retriever stands in front of a decorated branch masquerading as a Christmas tree with presents under it.
A bushy tiered branch from a fir or spruce tree stands in a Christmas tree stand in a house looking out through a picture window.
Stitching in grey, green, and variegated purple in the shape of grapes and leaves.
A cross stitched and beaded ornament of a sheep.
A sheep cross stitched and beaded onto perforated paper. It has swirls of beads for wool and is wearing a Santa hat with a bell and red boots with white trim. It has a candy cane in its mouth.
A black Labrador retriever smiles in a parking lot. He has several lines of drool across his snout, giving him white stripes.
A teen in a black hoodie and hat kneels to scratch the head of a grey miniature donkey.
The bed of a blue 4x4 pickup is mounded high with Douglas fir branches.
A black labrador retriever stands facing the camera with a happy open mouth. His tail is off to the side mid-wag. There are fallen autumn leaves on the ground around him.
Hardanger stitching of red, orange, and yellow flowers.
A pair of hand-knit socks made with variegated yarn in a Barbie-inspired color scheme - predominately hot pink but with purple, yellow, and turqoise partial stripes throughout.