Blood Donation Overlooking Pandanus

 

Today I worked on campus for the first time in weeks. To my surprise, Seabird (who usually works remotely on Mondays) was also on campus, so we walked together at lunch. I also chatted with a couple of coworkers and a faculty member, and in the afternoon I gave blood. The room was called "Orchard View," and in fact you could see the plants below. Wish I'd thought to take a photo from up there, but here are a couple from ground level. The big plant is a pandanus, the same kind of plant used to make those pandan lattes I love so much.

As I was leaving the building, I heard a train and rushed to where I could see it. There were a number of cars with familiar graffiti, and one with a beautiful teal-colored "Truckster" that I had never seen before, but alas, I was too far away to get a photo. However, if God is talking to me in Train again, then He must be saying it was a good decision to work on campus today and give blood - I'm on the right track.

Travalon gave me a ride to work today and picked me up, and on the way home we saw a train about to take off in the rail yard. We both made videos, and here are a few screenshots from my video.

This train had a LOT of sausage cars, aka tankers.

If God is speaking to me in Train, maybe that one was assuring me that I made the right choice to skip Irish Fest Summer School this year.

And here are photos Travalon took yesterday from my future parking lot.

This is not graffiti, it's a 40th anniversary commemorative Wisconsin and Southern engine.

And here are a few from the spot off of Fair Oaks.

Maybe someday we will get a photo of "truckster" and the other cool graffiti I once saw on the way to Adoration which I have never seen again.

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