Leap day morning

Took the early train in yesterday so that I could have a mammogram done before work - just a routine thing, nothing going on.

The building where they do tests for the University of Pennsylvania Hospital is fairly new and rather impressive, even on a gray and drizzly morning.

The good thing about an early appointment is that the place is not crowded, and you get through everything -- signing in, changing, the actual procedure, back out into the lobby again -- lickety-split.

There is artwork hanging in the lobby. This one looks like the result of a bicycle colliding with a cart of cleaning supplies.

Across the street is a place that I am very, very glad I have never needed to be.

And in front of CHOP, on this slightly nippy February day, pansies are showing us their cheerful little faces.

I have always thought it odd that pansy is a synonym for weakling or sissy, when pansies are some of the hardiest flowers there are.

And from there about a 15-minute walk to work. The convenience of cities!