We had a beautiful day on Saturday and so The Yankee and I spent the afternoon pedaling around the countryside.
Lately, I’m having to work to keep up with her. She’s fast! Still, I managed to get some nice lines in the composition, though.
We had a nice dinner that night, too:
Today, I walked off campus just in time to see the sun say goodnight:
I seldom manage to be in a place that gives a great western view this time of day, but this time of day, this time of year, gives off some nice light:
The gates were built in the 1980s. And it only took 80 years or so to get them built. Students had raised money for them at the turn of the century. But the board was going to do the same thing so the students’ money went to another project. The university put the gates on hold while nearby buildings got built. They wanted to match the plan to the aesthetic, you see. So a few generations go by, a few different plans for the gates come and go. And then in the 1960s there was a new move to build those gates. But there was also criticism; people deemed it a wasteful expenditure when the money could go to scholarships and financial aid. The gates were put on hold again. And then, in the 1980s, the man who ran financial aid for the university donated the money and had them named in honor of his parents. And now we have the Sample Gates.
