Althouse: In the gardens...

May 12, 2014

In the gardens...

... I need some rest:

I have worked hard:

And posed hard:

10 comments:

Moose said...: "Mr. Deville - I'm ready for my closeup..."; 5/12/14, 12:33 PM
traditionalguy said...: Grace and peace be with you. Your new candid picture on the side appears to be when you are not smiling charmingly for the camera. That one should be a collectors item.; 5/12/14, 12:47 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I'm totally smiling!; 5/12/14, 12:58 PM
David said...: Meade has done an awesome job on that back yard. Well done, Meade.; 5/12/14, 2:24 PM
n.n said...: Surely a Garden of Eden. So serene. So beautiful.; 5/12/14, 5:13 PM
Meade said...: Thanks, David, it's surprising what can be accomplished with a little raking, weeding, mowing, and judicious pruning. Then apply some patience, persistence, photosynthesis, and before you know it Mother Nature has done the rest.; 5/12/14, 7:03 PM
grackle said...: I think I get it. Looked at the pics then read the comments and for a moment I thought. Whoa - THAT'S a backyard! Holy Gardens of Versailles!

But it's the top two pics that are the backyard - which happens to be beautiful in its own right. Right?

Back when I lived in houses I kept the front yard green, trimmed and mowed. I left the backyard as a testament to the magnificence of the great American wilderness.

But the neighborhood association siced a lawyer on me and I had to mow the waist-high grass.

Here's the karma angle: While I was picking up old limbs off the ground, various old toys my children had lost, the larger rocks and such, bending down I put my face right into a wasp nest and was stung several times on the face.

I've lived in apartments for years, the best environment for me. On my balcony I have a pot of grass(real grass, not marijuana, which I don't smoke, BTW) and some pots of flowering plants.

I do admire nice landscaping but I'm way too lazy for it. Congrats, Meade. A good job that I KNOW was a lot of work.; 5/13/14, 1:52 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Back when I lived in houses I kept the front yard green, trimmed and mowed. I left the backyard as a testament to the magnificence of the great American wilderness."

Ha ha. That's what I did before Meade.

Things here are very pretty now, but the lot isn't too big, and none of these pictures were taken in our yard.

All are Olbrich Gardens, in Madison, which is always free to the public. I recommend bringing a book, finding a nice place to sit, and reading in the sunlight.; 5/13/14, 5:21 AM
ndspinelli said...: Loving to read in the sunlight is often a sign of cataracts.; 5/13/14, 9:53 AM
Meade said...: Thank you, Doctor Nick Quack.; 5/13/14, 10:09 AM