Spaces

Young Grasshopper Putting In Seeds

Planting Basil

When we first moved into our neighborhood, we saw a sign that said Neighborhood Association Meeting tonight at Triangle Park. We drove all around up and down the streets in our hood and could find nothing resembling a park. There was a playground one neighborhood over so we went there. It wasn't there. We much later realized that the neighborhood was referring to- I kid you not- a triangle shaped median in the cross section of three decently busy streets filled with weeds and nothing else.  

Well someone must have seen more in that median. Someone must have had a vision. The neighborhood association applied for and got a grant from Green Spaces Alliance and another one from the city. They put in an amazing gazebo with benches and a community garden. We got somewhat coerced into taking a community garden plot when the head of the garden came out and dumped worms into her space and let my daughter help. What kid could turn down worms? That was a year ago.

Now this formerly blah median is a wonderful gathering spot for the neighborhood. We take picnic dinners, neighbors practice Saturday Morning Tai Chi, DKITW frolics in knee high wild clover, and we all garden haphazardly together and separately. It is a wonderful space and I wish every neighborhood had a Triangle Park so grand. 

Wild Clover Frolic

These photos are over a month old now. That's because this happened: 

DKITW 2- One Day Old

And next thing you know, I blinked and 5 weeks had passed. 

Welcome to all that is new in your life this Spring. 

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