A sunny spring morning in Oxford started at 7 a.m. with the first faint pink glow of the sun from the top of the hill off North Lamar.
A stop in the Square offered the perfect soft light to frame the Courthouse in welcoming splendor. A little later the sun has risen higher to highlight the brilliant colors of assorted blooms.
Nothing is more inviting that “A host of golden daffodils,” Wordsworth said, and the poet was right, except that the artificial colors of a man-made bottle tree on the corner of Adams and North 14th don’t offend nature, but seem to complement her in diversity and imagination.
And finally Ole Miss students travel along the paths and sidewalks of their beautiful campus, perhaps not fully aware of the role that nature plays in their education and their university experience. But their step is a bit lighter in the sunlight with the brilliant colors of plants and flowers and gentle grassways surrounding them.
Story and photos by Andy Knef and Sarah Beth Wiley. Knef is editor and Wiley is creative director of HottyToddy.com
