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Falling for autumn

7 Comments Posted by TGIQ on October 18, 2010

For today’s lab, along with a discussion of urban forest management, we had students tour the campus and identify the tree species they found:

Not a particularly painful way to spend a morning, if you ask me.

The trees near my house have mostly started to brown or have dropped their leaves altogether. Some signs of autumn’s beauty remain on the ground, however:

Further east at The University, however, colours are still resplendent:

How anyone can concentrate on such mundane things as, say, thesis proposals due this Friday, is beyond me.

Flowering Plants, Teaching Nature, Photography

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7 responses to “Falling for autumn”

Warren October 18, 2010 at 7:39 PM
eastern fire

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- TGIQ October 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM
  Beautiful, huh?
  
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Hugh October 18, 2010 at 10:00 PM
“Students under tree” is wonderful. The tree is clearly amused.

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- TGIQ October 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM
  Yep, it’s blushing 🙂
  
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Chris Grinter October 19, 2010 at 2:33 AM
Stunning. I miss a lot of that fall color out here in the west (not that I can really complain!).

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- TGIQ October 19, 2010 at 8:22 AM
  It’s one of the best things about living in this climatic zone. The winters are harsh, but gosh, autumn almost makes up for that!
  
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