Mary Knapp

@mknapp.bsky.social

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Radio astronomer, cycling and gardening enthusiast, fiber artist

“Over prior years, we didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many products cycles.” - quote from Ford executive
A garden. Black metal fence bounds the left side. At center front, a grouping of marigolds with frondy foliage and flowers in a mix of scarlet and red/yellow stripes. Behind, a large stand of black eyed Susan just beginning to flower. At right, the last white blooms of a penstemon with dark purple stems. In the background, a set of steps to a porch with several planters on the railings filled with petunias in white, pink/white stripe, deep maroon.
A garden bed. A line of irises with as-yet unopened flower buds is at the front. Behind the irises there is a newly planted rectangle with small salpiglossis seedlings. Further back is an arc of newly planted and watered columbine seedlings, each with a white plastic plant label. Behind those, a few black plastic pots with plants still to be planted in the ground.
A columbine flower with anise hyssop in the background. The columbine plant has a base of frilly lime green multi lobes leaves on slender stems. Atop one stem there is a flower with scarlet outer petals, an inner ring of pale pink petals, and a yellow center which contains the stamens. Only one flower is open, but there are about 10 red/pink flower buds on other stems. The plant sits on a bed of dark mulch.
An orange tabby cat lounging on a small wooden loom as if it is a hammock. His tabby striping is subtle and he’s a brownish orange color rather than vivid orange. He has a white muzzle and orange eyes.
Screenshot of text from a Boston Globe article. Text reads “While Tesla Takedown is described as a “peaceful protest movement” that opposes “violence, vandalism and destruction of property,” several unconnected incidents have resulted in vandalism.”
NYTimes mobile news alert that reads: headline “Hegseth’s Rocky Start” body “Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of battle plans on a chat app came during an unsteady first two months as defense secretary.”
A ginger tabby cat with white whiskers resting his head on his human’s arm while laying on a couch. One front paw is tucked between his chest and the couch cushion
A calico cat facing away from the camera. She has white ears with orange splotches, a patch of orange and black on the back of her head, white neck and shoulders, and a complicated set of orange and black patches on her back.
Screenshot of the bottom bar of an iPhone, showing a phone icon with 461 notifications, a Safari browser, and email icon with 155,691 unread messages, and an Apple Music icon with one notification.
Two quiches sitting on a stovetop, the nearest in a glass pie dish and the far one in an aluminum pie dish. The tops are golden brown with bits of broccoli sticking out and the crust edges are hand-crimped.
Screenshot of NYTimes news alert. The alert describes how Pete Hegseth, nominee for Secretary of Defense, thinks the Crusades were good and we should do them again
A woman with glasses and pulled back hair wearing a black shirt holding a wooden antenna frame with cables on her shoulder. The sky is partly cloudy and a very large white radome can be seen in the background.