Willowwood to Bamboo Brook to Buck Garden June 8, 2019

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plant lady

We don't have pets in our house

But we have many plants being cared for

Thanks to you the plant lady who lives with me

Every window gives its light to living greenery.

There are some 35 pots with growing flora

At last count I took walking from room to room

Taking inventory taking a minute to admire it all

This wonderful conservatory you have created.

I remember how your eyes opened wide

When first you saw all the windows in this house

Imagining the possibilities for happy plants here

Responding to your expert skillful nurturing.

Outside there are more plants on all sides

And a rock garden to tend that's exposed to the nibblers

The deer and rabbits and chipmunks munch away

Enjoying the salad we provide like it or not.

These animals have adopted us in a way

Being quite the cute rascals eating our produce

But the visitors we want to attract fly in and out

Coming to partake of our seed and suet and thistle.

You do all the work of watering the plants every week

And refilling the bird feeders almost every day

Letting me be a freeloader getting all the benefit

Leaving me to thank you for all that you do.

Ryker Lake June 6, 2019

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Great Swamp June 2, 2019

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