Five Senses of my morning walk across campus

– Poteat Field filled with shirtless guys playing something that might have been soccer.  By the time I got up the hill from Alumni Hall they were no longer running, but were all on one knee stretching.  The soccer practice field has been undergoing some turf renovation/replacement this summer, which is why I think it might have been our soccer team, but I cannot be certain.

– A cement mixer driving past the construction zone of Reynolds Gym, its cement holding tank spinning as it goes.

– The giant construction crane moving things over in the construction area by the Sports Performance Center.

– Lots of black all-weather fabric covering the chain link fence around the side of the Sutton Center and in front of the Kitchin-Poteat parking lot.

– A man in a food service uniform heading to work.

– A very fit young woman jogging on the loop of sidewalks outside the Quad.

– The biggest hosta plants I have ever seen – enormous! – outside the Deacon Shop.  (Why can’t I grow mine that big??)

– A red, male cardinal flying low and landing in a nearby tree.

– The beautiful spire of Wait Chapel. Need I say more?

– Freshly cut grass.

– Tar, and it was horrible smelling.  They repaved the Kitchin-Poteat parking lot and from my peek over the fence, it looked really good. But it’s very stinky right now.

– Dust, most likely left over from yesterday when they were scoring the parking lot before paving.  I ran my finger over a black metal bench as I passed and it left a long line in the dust.

– Cool air when I walked under the spaces where trees were providing some shade.

– Warm as soon as you stepped out into the sunny spots. Even in the morning, it was starting to feel hot.  (This is the August I am used to).

– Smooth new pavement when I stepped on one little corner of the new parking lot (outside the fencing).  It was flat and smooth and perfect.

– Sirens in the distance.  Sounded like it was somewhere up University Parkway.

– The beeping of a construction truck in reverse – a high and regular beep – beep – beep.

– The sound of what is either a chainsaw or a weed whacker.

– A metallic sound of chains clanking coming from the construction area.

– A grande non-fat misto at Starbucks.  Delicious!

That’s your abbreviated Five Senses of my morning walk from Alumni Hall to the ZSR Library.

Make it a great weekend, Deac families!