Everywhere I walk...

Everywhere I walk about the campus of NEGST, and on our one journey off "the compound," I see flowers. At Wheaton College the groundscrew does a wonderful job of maintaining the grounds of the campus. Great care and attention are given to flowers in the spring and then to the planting of annuals after the bulbs have blossomed. Spring is usually wonderful at Wheaton.
Here at NEGST they are in the midst of Spring. Nairobi is just south of the equator (no the toilets don't flush in the opposite direction--that's a myth). But, speaking of water, which I did in an earlier entry, things are green, but not just green. There are so many other colors. I am stopping regularly to take a picture, of yet another flower.
As we've driven outside the campus there are numerous roadside landscape businesses and their prices are roughly one-tenth of the cost of items in the States. So, a perennial that may cost $7.50 in Wheaton will cost $0.75. This is why so many places are so jubilant with colors.
Another floral element that has come to my attention is that every office or home that I walk into there are vases of gorgeous long-stemmed roses--explosions of white, yellow, and red. It looks like Valentine's Day was yesterday. A dozen of large roses sell for under $3 USD. Roses are a huge export business and the greenhouses can go as far as the eye can see. Some even express concern that the lakes will run dry from all of the underground water being used to water the roses.