I spent most of today sorting out internet access. This somewhat lengthy process was aided a great deal by the staff here, and it means I am now officially a “Visiting Scholar” of the Musicology Department.I made myself a packed lunch today, and ate it on a bench underneath a tree on the campus. It’s amazing how quickly the sun moves (or rather, how quickly the surface of the earth spins at this latitude) – I had to keep an eye on where the dappled light was so that I didn’t get sunburnt. And at one o’clock (local noon because of daylight savings) it’s almost directly overhead. While I was eating, a brilliant red dragonfly was flitting about the ornamental pond in front of me. I tried my best, but wasn’t up to the challenge of photographing it. At least, not with a compact camera.
I did manage to get this photo of the squirrel. Well, I say “the” – chances are it isn’t the same squirrel I saw outside my apartment on Saturday. But it was only across the road, so you never know.
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