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This morning Ren and I went to the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, just off of the NC State campus. While it's a bit early in Spring for a lot of the flora to be really pretty, there's still plenty there to take pictures of--and I did just that. I think the tree below is called a Carolina Silverbell. It's very pretty. I like the purity of the white and the innocent look of the bell shape. Reminds me of Lilies of the Valley, one of my favorite shade plants. I don't have any shade at all at my house--and I'm a bit far south anyway--so I can't grow Lily of the Valley. Shame, huh? I really like the exotic look of "hairy" trunked palms and I took a few pictures of this one trying to get something I could put on my laptop at work. I don't think any of the 4 pictures I took will work but this one is kinda interesting. Nice green fronds and a good view of the trunk.

My girlfriend and I were out walking the other day. We started at the NC Museum of Art, off of Blue Ridge Highway, not far from Meredith College and Rex Hospital. We ended up at the edge of Umstead State Park. Just before we got to Umstead, while on NC State University land we saw this sign: Now, do tell. Does this make any sense to you? I mean the "no dogs allowed" part I can understand but "trespassed from the forest" just strikes me as a mite bizarre. I'm not sure what it would entail to be "trespassed" but I doubt it'd be pleasant. And why would some NC State official do that to us? Are they nervous about their imminent basketball loss? And if I do this dog thing a second time, I'll be physically arrested? What other kind is there? Can one be metaphysically arrested? "My spirit and mind were incarcerated --it was a bad trip" How about metaphorically arrested? "I was like... arrested, man" Do you get the impression the...