If you look, you often find wonders at the Library – big and small, indoors and outdoors. Admire this full moon captured on November 27 by my colleague Ada, Head of Resource Management.  It was taken from the Library Garden.  Doesn't it put us all in awe? I am entranced every time I see the Moon rise over the sea by our campus. At HKUST, you can find many spots that give you an open view facing east, such as the lookout at Atrium ("Mushroom Window") and the Fok Ying Tung Sports Center at Seafront. To me, my favourite spot is of course the Library Garden! When the weather is comfortable, like recent days, the Library Garden is a beautiful place to take a break from your study, to have some fresh air, to hang out with friends, or just to have some time alone with the view, daytime or night. And, don't forget, you can say "Hello" to George too! Ada took this poetic photo a little after 6pm.

In early 2011, dirt came to the Library Garden. Then in the Summer, came the plants. Including an odd-looking tree. The tree needed bamboo supports to survive the coming typhoons. The tree survived several severe typhoons, the first being just two days after being planted.  And after falling over during a Signal 10 typhoon in 2012 and being pushed back up by CMO staff, it received a name. I was looking at the sad, determined tree, and remembered a Bugs Bunny cartoon, where a monster grabbed Bugs and said something like "I will hug him, and squeeze him and call him George!"  The storms certainly hugged and squeezed, and so the tree became George. And even though the recent Signal 10 Typhoon of 2023 ripped off one of his branches, George still stands determinedly in the Library Garden. Stop by and say hello sometime. Edward Spodick Associate Director of Library Services lbspodic@ust.hk