Not much to report. The students turned in their midterm
exams, which means I have to grade them today. Grading is my least favorite
activity, so I will probably procrastinate until late into the night before I
get to it.
Actually, one fun thing I did before class was to take a
long walk through the University of Ghana Botanical Gardens. This is a large
area on the north side of campus, where all sorts of trees and bushes are
growing in great profusion. There was a small army of gardeners armed with
machetes engaged in the never-ending task of cutting down the grass. It seems
to me that the botanical gardens have seen better times, just to judge by the
vintage of the labels that mark very few trees, but they make for a very
pleasant walk.
I was hoping I could find a baobab, but met with little
success (I finally asked one of the gardeners and was told that no, they didn’t
have a baobab anywhere in the gardens). I did come across a pond, where every
tree was home to hundreds of egrets, and for a moment felt I was looking at an
abandoned set of The Birds. In that same area, which is likely the most visited
by families, there is a canopy walk and a playground, both of whom would be a
great delight to Ronaldito.
OK, I better get on with the grading.
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