Back at the University

I'm back on campus for my last week of the summer class that I teach. My office is pretty bleak since I use whatever space is available. And since I'm only here for a week at a time, it really doesn't make sense to drag a bunch of stuff in here... only to pack it up and take it home on Friday.
But the spouse sent me these lovely flowers for my birthday (which is Friday) and to make my office more cheery...



The smaller bouquet I cut from Mom's garden yesterday. The little owls are from an owl downsizing project here at the School of Family and Consumer Sciences. Apparently a former faculty member had quite an owl collection, and it's up for grabs in the kitchen. I passed on it the first time, but was drawn to these little white owls. They are salt and pepper shakers (which I'm not normally fond of), but after some cleaning they are growing on me.