I spent an hour and a bit walking around the botanic gardens before rain (and a grumbling stomach) sent me back to campus. It was overcast all morning, which made it possible for me to really explore the lower gardens without overheating in half a second. It's quite the area. Also thanks to the overcast, I had approximately zero sense of direction, so I was very grateful for the giant 'EXIT' arrows painted on the trail at every intersection. Without those, I'd probably still be wandering around there completely lost.
Here are a few pictures from my explorations of nature:
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| This was the overcast lifting - it was just barely possible to see the mountains to the north. |
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| I loved this single flower. Unfortunately, it was pretty far off the path, so I couldn't get any closer. |
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| Cute berries! Probably poisonous, but still cute! |
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| Okay, look closely in the middle there. See that gray blob? That's a squirrel hanging head-down trying to get something off a branch that couldn't support its weight. |
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| So much nature! |
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| I loved the look of this tree. I'm not sure if it's dying or just waiting for the wet season before it comes back to life. |
On my way to the bookstore to buy some Scotch tape on Thursday, I spotted a beautiful yellow and black butterfly. It was hanging out near a layer of wet leaves from the previous night's rain. I'm guessing that it was drinking. The fun thing was that it was still there around 40 minutes later as I was coming back to campus. It was just begging to have pictures taken of it. Here are the best of them:
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