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Raised beds. Another spring project.

You can do this: remove turf, build beds, install dirt, install gravel, plant.  It's hard work, but it is worth it.  Your reward--a beautiful garden, no more lawn to water, and veggies for you and all your friends.--Rebecca

Go Native. Wedgwood and Whitman.

Poetry and pictures.  Last week I (Rebecca) was organizing my picture files and I found a few shots I liked and never used on the blog in 2009.  So, I thought "Why don't I try to find a poem for each picture?" Not as easy as it seems.  Some of the poems have obvious connections and others are a bit of a stretch. I hope you enjoy the poems and, please, check out the poet links.

Special thanks to the Poetry Foundation website at www.poetryfoundation.org 

Letters to Walt Whitman
by Ronald Johnson

I hear you are whispering there O stars of heaven,
O suns—O grass of graves. . .
If you do not say anything
how can I say anything?

Let us tunnel  

the air
(as a mole’s green galleries)
toward the ultimate  

cornfield
—the square of gold, & green, & of tassle  

that rustles back at us—

let us burrow in
to a susurration, the dense starlings,  

of the real—
the huge
sunflowers waving back at us,  

as we move

—the great grassy world  

that surrounds us,
singing.

Curb Appeal. Wedgwood

Does anyone in Seattle get the permit
required to build a garden in their curb?
I don't think so. This is not a bad way
to break the law.
Well Done Civil Disobedience.

Bonnie's Front Yard. Byrant Neighborhood.

I met Bonnie last week on one of my many walks
around the neighborhood. She was in her front
yard wearing shorts covered with paint. I thought
she looked great, but she was too shy to let me
take a picture. Oh well...done front yard.

Combining Color and Texture, Seattle.

A great mix of color and

a variety of textures. Well done front yard.