Study of an Urban Garden
While 173 rests on a rather small city plot, the gardens make it feel like anything but small. In 2015 I had (for the first time) the presence of mind to write about and show some of the flowers and other vegetation in a post. Then in 2016, I posted an impressionist collection of some of the flowers and plants here at 173. Somehow, although I took dozens of pictures, I neglected to post any of those beauties. But not this year! This is the initial offering of a short series about the plantings here at 173. A short series because there's so much I want to show, but I'm a bit limited on the talent necessary to present the whole picture in one post. Instead, I'll post each yard - one at a time. I hope you'll enjoy the pictures at least a bit as much as I enjoy the flowers here at 173! The posts will include:
The front yard
The corner beds...
God made a beatous garden
With lovely flowers strown,
But one straight, narrow pathway
That was not overgrown.
And to this beauteous garden
He brought mankind to live,
And said: "To you, my children,
These lovely flowers I give.
Prune ye my vines and fig trees,
With care my flowerets tend,
But keep the pathway open
Your home is at the end."
- Robert Frost - God's Garden
The side yard:
The back yard...
And the shade garden:
This will be a fun series, mostly focused on flowers, and the beauty we find in our tiny plot at 173!