Nature Observation

            Across the landscape of campus lies a bed of flowers between Clark and Sadler Hall.  All year round, TCU rotates the flowers as they start to wilt or seasons change; this fall, clusters of pink and white flowers of miniscule size overtake the bed.  If you were to reach down and grasp a handful, dozens of tiny flowers would fall out of the palm of your hand as you ripped them out of the earth.  The number of flowers included in each cluster varies from cluster to cluster, as the lowest group includes two flowers while the most populated one includes twenty.  They rest upon one another, points of the stars often overlapping one another in carefree embraces.  Although giving off a peaceful appearance by lightly moving in the breeze, if the flowers were involved in a raging battle, one glance would declare the pink flowers the victor, as they effectively outnumber the amount of white flowers.  Attached to them are the deepest of green leaves, scattered with details on the delicate surfaces.  They have the same detail as the veins found in a human hand, as delicate lines are joined together but then branch out in several directions.  The leaves’ forest green color reminds me of the shade of green that fresh Christmas trees have in winter time.  Even at four o’clock, their color radiates and glistens in the early evening sun.  The flowers are gorgeous but the surrounding dirt leaves much to be desired; dead leaves and rocks litter the flowerbed and attempt to take away from the beauty of the flowers.  White pebbles are prevalent in the dirt, calling into question if the appearance of the flowers would pop more in their absence.  Despite it being September, there still remains a significant portion of flower clusters not yet in bloom and hiding behind lime green casings.  Therefore, many of the bushes or clusters lack pops of color and the flowerbed is not at its full potential due to it not being completely full of flowers.