(landscaper waiting patiently)
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the city has introduced an initiative
asking residents
to let their lawns and parks
grow to one foot tall before mowing
to benefit the struggling pollinator population
the landscapers are standing down.
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“the grass is always greener once you don’t have to mow a lawn anymore.”
r.k. milholland
in honor of national dandelion day
(the bees will be busy celebrating)
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― mi
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image credit: downtown home and garden
in much the same way
that he appeared out of the blue
in the midst of a very heavy snow season
to ask if i would hire him to shovel my driveway
and disappearing just as suddenly
only to appear again
last weekend
wheeling his mower down the sidewalk
and stopping by
to ask if i would hire him to mow my lawn
soon after my lawn mower refused to start
the quiet, polite, hardworking kid with no name is back
and gone again.
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“everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.”
-maeve binchy
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image credit: pincor products vintage advertising
I didn't have my glasses on.... 