Date: 11 September, 2008
Time: 1649
Place: Outside of Kaneko on a concrete bench facing the bridge.
Weather: 88 degrees, HOT!
I notice a strange type of bush-like shrub that I have never seen before. They are lined up perfectly, 5 in a row. They are manicured and planted, mixed with two taller, full leafy trees. The shrubs are comprised of many stalks that start out as 3/8 inch thick stick like material at the bottom and reach up and all over in various directions, eventually transforming into a leathery consistancy that feels waxy to the touch and has oblong leaves that are the size of a pencil eraser. It is maroonish purple in color, but the leaves are a slightly different shade that fades to a white/ beige color in the middle. It is not found in Audubon probably because it was not naturally in place, and maybe uncommon to be found unintentionally in nature. There is a bee buzzing busily from flower to flower on the stereotypical garden flowers of red and white. How do they extract nectar? How far is a bee willing to travel from its hive to find nectar?
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