There is an apocryphal story about an IU administrator, frustrated by lack of funds, looking at out window during a change of seasons, watching the landscape crew at work pulling out old flowers and planting the new set. How much, the administrator wanted to know, do all these flowers on campus cost. The story continues that an intrepid staffer, more loyal to IU than to the administrator, answered: "The flowers are priceless."
We were reminded of that story this morning as we walked into the office. The landscape truck was out early, making its rounds to water the huge hanging baskets of rieger begonias that adorn the campus. We're still having hot weather in Bloomington, and there hasn't been much rain. But the begonias are doing just fine, thank you. The campus is beautiful.
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