April 7th

This lone tree is surrounded by large rocks at its base. I have a few guesses as to why. Perhaps someone thought they were doing the tree a good turn and giving it some support so it wouldn't topple over. Perhaps someone was going to set the tree on fire, but decided to make a campfire ring of rocks, just to be safe; only you can prevent campus conflagration, you know. Perhaps someone thought it looked neat for some reason. Maybe it was someone's favorite tree, and that person wanted to mark which one it was so as not to forget. Or maybe someone just had a bunch of rocks and needed to put them somewhere, and laying them in a circle around the base of a nearby tree seemed like the most practical idea. Maybe the person even realized it might make people wonder.

This is Doo-dah, a little stuffed bear Steph gave me last Christmas. He's pretty much absolutely ridiculous, and exuberantly happy all the time, so, like the wind-up toys, if I am ever feeling blue or irritated, I can just look at him and can't help but smile. The picture really doesn't do his insanity justice.