I am quite far behind in transmissions, but I have paper notebooks full of observations, too many to type at the moment. Please cross reference Paper Journals 2/17/10 - 2/23/10.

I have made some progress in the garden excavation. I've been finding potsherds, mainly, about 5cm in length and with a barely discernible pattern. I have also a series of soil samples, some miscellaneous historical era cultural debris (seed packets, broken bits of plastic, one penny coin from 1981) and samples of the root bulb of the invasive though attractive plant species, Bermuda Buttercup. There is enough preliminary data at this point to forward findings to a Field Technician for analysis. I am still only at 20cm, however. Progress is slow as occasional visits by friendly neighbors causes me to interrupt my work, covering it with a dark burlap screen meant to be mulch.

More soon.