"Where Roller-Skating Girls Bloom Like Weeds"
G.L. Morrison
There should be gardens
for us to walk in, where the sun lays secure as a stamp on the blue envelope of sky,
never budging
never saying "hurry"
<while the shadow of the hours
<we spent strolling,
hunch up behind us into night.
There should be gardens
for us to walk in, where time stands still;
politely holds the door;
;time enough;for everything
that we might say to be said.
"After you."
"No, after you."
There should be gardens
where roller-skating girls bloom like weeds
bursting out of the cracks in the sidewalk.
There should be one park bench
that is hungry for an old pigeon-feeding man.
He scatters breadcrumbs like buckshot
frightening the birds and himself with his weathered hands.
Whose hands are these, he wonders,
creased like an ancient map?
Not his. His hands are soft and girlish
as his memories and as filled with regrets.
There should be one park bench
high-backed and wide enough for lovers
to half-sit, half-recline
while they share a triple-decker ice cream cone.
In our world
There should be gardens like this for everyone.
where roller-skating girls bloom like weeds.
- JUST BLOOMED TODAY~READER'S SHARE
- TWEET TREATS
- DID YOU KNOW...?
- GARDEN UPDATE
- GARDEN READ~THE MAGIC OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT PART THREE
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
- GARDEN GOODIES~#RA06 RECYCLED ART FLOWER GALOSHES
- WHAT IN THE WORLD? OVER THE FENCE
- FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY~READER'S SHARE
Our reader's share comes from Virginia in Orange County, California, who shares the growth her baby banana plant has had in the past few months! Great job, Virginia!
Our reader's share comes from Virginia in Orange County, California, who shares the growth her baby banana plant has had in the past few months! Great job, Virginia!
TWEET TREATS
(Editor's Note:We are introducing this new feature to bring you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across. If you come across one you'd like to share, please do!)
DID YOU KNOW...?
That using Grenadine syrup when making your hummingbird nectar will drive your hummingbirds crazy with delight? (Thanks, Betty in Whittier for that gem!)
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| He was just a man trying to 'build a better circus peanut'- that is, until he, like so many others before him, conveniently 'disappeared'. |
DID YOU KNOW...?
That using Grenadine syrup when making your hummingbird nectar will drive your hummingbirds crazy with delight? (Thanks, Betty in Whittier for that gem!)
GARDEN UPDATE
I heard on the news that the High Desert was supposed to have a red flag warning for high winds, but, p'shaw, not very big winds, just mild breezes. But hot, hot, and staying that way!
Went crazy at the 99cent only store and brought home a trunkload of flowers and herbs. I'll be planting them as soon as it cools off a bit.(Editor's Note: Don't miss the GARDEN GOODIES section below).
GARDEN READ~THE MIRACLE OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT PART THREE
You can make other sounds at night to bring forth nocturnal dwellers. A long wavery whistle at the edge of a graveyard will almost invariably bring a male screech owl winging within several feet of you. The timid field mouse can be called from its burrow at the foot of grass clumps and rocks. Sit quietly for a few minutes then noisily kiss the back of your hand. Even the lowly mouse has a sense of pride in his property and this imitation of a mouse sound brings him wide-eyed into the night to challenge his foe.
Sometimes we set a kerosene lantern in the yard. To it come the mayflies, caddis flies, electric-light bugs and moths. Each summer our most exciting 'catch' is the big splashy female cecropia moth, largest of all U.S. silkworms. This amazing creature gives out a scent in the cool dampness of a summer night that the male cecropias detect and follow with the tips of their antennae, from the unbelievable distance of a mile or more.
Only last summer, we captured a female cecropia-her clay colored wings decorated with white and red eyespots- and put her in a box with a handkerchief over the top, secured with a rubber band. Then we blew out the light and waited, counting the meteors that shower down from the summer sky. An hour- and 63 falling stars- later we lighted the lantern and saw that the box and the bush were covered with almost two dozen of these beautiful creations.
Tune in tomorrow for more Garden Read!
I heard on the news that the High Desert was supposed to have a red flag warning for high winds, but, p'shaw, not very big winds, just mild breezes. But hot, hot, and staying that way!
Went crazy at the 99cent only store and brought home a trunkload of flowers and herbs. I'll be planting them as soon as it cools off a bit.(Editor's Note: Don't miss the GARDEN GOODIES section below).
GARDEN READ~THE MIRACLE OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT PART THREE
You can make other sounds at night to bring forth nocturnal dwellers. A long wavery whistle at the edge of a graveyard will almost invariably bring a male screech owl winging within several feet of you. The timid field mouse can be called from its burrow at the foot of grass clumps and rocks. Sit quietly for a few minutes then noisily kiss the back of your hand. Even the lowly mouse has a sense of pride in his property and this imitation of a mouse sound brings him wide-eyed into the night to challenge his foe.
Sometimes we set a kerosene lantern in the yard. To it come the mayflies, caddis flies, electric-light bugs and moths. Each summer our most exciting 'catch' is the big splashy female cecropia moth, largest of all U.S. silkworms. This amazing creature gives out a scent in the cool dampness of a summer night that the male cecropias detect and follow with the tips of their antennae, from the unbelievable distance of a mile or more.
Only last summer, we captured a female cecropia-her clay colored wings decorated with white and red eyespots- and put her in a box with a handkerchief over the top, secured with a rubber band. Then we blew out the light and waited, counting the meteors that shower down from the summer sky. An hour- and 63 falling stars- later we lighted the lantern and saw that the box and the bush were covered with almost two dozen of these beautiful creations.
Tune in tomorrow for more Garden Read!
GARDEN GIGGLE
Weird Laws in California
- Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
- No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
- Women may not drive in a house coat.
- It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
- In Baldwin Park, Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
- In Blythe, You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
- In Chico, Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.
- In L.A Toads may not be licked.
- In L.A. You may not hunt moths under a street light.
FAUNA
Of course, if you didn't already know, recycled art is near and dear to my heart. So today I did a project that is super easy and so pretty!
First step is to remove the inner waterproof lining. Just yank it right out.
Next drill two holes in the soles, making sure your drill will not slip and go through the side. Be careful as the drill bit has a tendency to slip and wobble so it is helpful to have someone who can hold the galoshes while you drill...watch out for fingers!
Then fill galoshes with dirt, all the way to the toe. Then back fill up to about 1 inch from the top.
WHAT IN THE WORLD? OVER THE GARDEN FENCE
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1782: Congress adopts the Great Seal of the Unites States
1837: England's Queen Victoria begins her 63 year reign, the longest in British history
1947: Bugsy Siegel, organized crime boss, is killed
1948: Ed Sullivan premieres his variety show on CBS
1975: The movie JAWS hits the theatres
2012: Microsoft introduces their new tablet, SURFACE
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