Kindred spirits

It's spring which means it's senior college season for me. The past couple of months have been busy with specimen collections, in-depth reading on tree topics, and organizing the collections. While it involves a good amount of time and effort, it is deeply satisfying for me. I learn more in the process, challenge my creative energies, and have at least one or two "aha" moments. Today I finally got to meet the class and learn all the ways that we are kindred spirits in the tree world. Time flew by (it always does) and it's only a week until we get to do it again. The senior college leadership really does a great job putting the program together, and I'm honored to be part of it again this year.