Creeper-crawly

[ellarien]

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Originally uploaded by ellarien.

The weather has been glorious this week, with sunshine and fluffy white clouds blown across a shining sky. The wind has a touch of autumn crispness, and carries the tang of dead leaves; the trees are starting to turn colour, and drop brown crinkly leaves that lie in drifts among the lush green grass.

I've been in love with this campus for nearly a quarter of a century, and on days like this I think that it is in autumn that I've always loved it best.

And the photo? Creepers on the wall in front of the library that dominates the grassy square at the heart of the campus; if you look closely, you can spot a tiny brown spider at the centre of a perfect web.

PS: The next post might be from Romania. If I don't manage to post from there, you may not hear from me until I'm back in the US late on the 19th. There is supposed to be wireless at the conference, so we'll see.