Front Yard on St. Patricks Day

These benches came from the front yard of an elder on the block. He would sit on them all day, saying hello to everybody.

It’s been a while since I’ve written about the front yard. Since I pass through it several times a day, and it’s so tiny, it’s the garden that I know most intimately. Even though it’s very public, I tried to encourage a sense of privacy. The patio is surrounded by shrubbery, and feels very much …

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