It’s not easy being green

by chuckofish

Daughter #2 and I just spent 36 hours in College Park, Maryland scouting the environs for an apartment and checking in with the English Department at the University of Maryland. And guess who we ran into on the campus?


Yes, Kermit the Frog and Jim Henson (class of 1960). What a small world!

We also found this fellow in the Student Union.

That’s Kermit as a terrapin. To me he looks more like a Ninja turtle, but whatever. At the University of Maryland they really do love their terrapins.

More specifically, they love Testudo, their fighting Terp:

I think daughter #2 will enjoy her upcoming years at the U. of MD. The campus is really lovely–large and green and full of handsome brick buildings. She will be spending most of her time here:

This is Tawes Hall which houses the English Department. Not bad, eh? The people in the department were nice too. Kermit, terps, nice people, and Georgian architecture–what more does one need?

Well, the crabcakes were tasty, but it’s a relief to be back in my flyover state. Sigh. Airports, rental cars, hotels, GPS devices, I95, and all that goes with modern travel make for a very stressful 2 days! And now it’s back to the salt mines…