{"id":2836,"date":"2013-03-31T21:06:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T01:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/james\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2013-04-04T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T18:40:31","slug":"reflection-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/james\/2013\/03\/31\/reflection-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel like a fool. \u00a0Looking back at my previous post, I remembered talking about how much I could sense that spring was coming, only for there to be a freak blizzard the day afterwards. \u00a0I think (perhaps I should say this hesitantly) that now it’s safe to say that spring is actually in the air; hopefully we won’t have another heap of snow dumped on us in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Anyway, at my reflection spot across the lake, I ponder my surroundings. \u00a0The rain earlier today has left everything quite drenched. \u00a0At least it’s not snow, I think to myself. \u00a0It’s also very warm and humid, and I take that to be a sign that spring is coming, I hope. \u00a0As much as I am excited for warmer temperatures, I dread spring time in Richmond for one reason: I get horrible allergies. \u00a0In the coming weeks I’ll probably have to deal with what amounts to a non-stop runny nose, and on top of that everything on my face will itch like crazy.<\/p>\n

But still, I am excited for the life to return to everything. \u00a0It will certainly make it a lot easier for us to identify the different species of trees on campus when all of the leaves return to their respective branches. \u00a0Looking around, I’m surprised by how I can now recognize the names of the trees that surround me now. \u00a0I see loblolly pine, of course, which are all over campus, I see a willow tree to my left (black willow?), and a sycamore behind me. \u00a0It’s cool, having the ability to recognize these trees now; it’s not that I’ve somehow gained an appreciation for them that I didn’t have before, it’s that I never really payed attention to what they were called. \u00a0Before, any tree was just a “tree.” \u00a0There are still quite a few trees that I still can’t name on campus; I look forward to attempting to be an expert on the trees of UofR in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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