A community garden?

As I wandered around the park on Saturday evening, I discovered what appeared to be a very large garden. (This was at a park in Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor, MI for M & P's wedding rehearsal picnic) It turns out that this LARGE garden was in fact a community garden. So it seems that anyone can reserve a small plot in the garden and plant anything they wish...within reason.
Some gardens were filled with flowers, some with vegetables, and most were a somewhat balanced combination of both. It was fun and interesting to see the various people who had come over to the garden just around sunset to pick some produce/vegetables/herbs/flowers up for their evening meal. I seized the opportunity and the last bit of daylight to capture some of the beautiful garden sights.

The first photo up top is of a sunflower. It was a sunflower past its prime, very tall and bent over my head (so it was at least 6 feet tall). I gazed up into its center which was curved in and out in this lovely pattern. I'm reminded of the first time I learned about the fibonacci sequence from my mom. The patterns in the sunflower brought back some of those memories or pine cones, pineapples, and so many other mathematical patterns found in nature.

To the left here is a beautiful red flower. I'm not sure what it is called, but it has the shape of a daisy or a small sunflower. Perhaps it's a gerbera daisy? I don't know, but it was rustic and beautiful, and it brought perfect visions of walking in the countryside.

Finally, this evening star (?) caught my eye for the very obvious reason that it is an absolutely gorgeous shade of purple. There were so many lovely, natural flowers to see that evening, but I tore myself away and ended up taking pictures of people :-)

Last weekend: the main players

Last weekend, we drove to Ann Arbor, MI for a wedding of one of Jonathan's dear friends from college. It was quite a fabulous weekend - we had a great time! Joseph was able to fly out as well, and we really enjoyed ourselves, although we missed Lorian.

Following are a few pictures of the people who I saw the most this weekend...

This is the photographer, yours truly. There are absolutely zero pictures of me from last weekend with the exception of this photo taken Saturday evening at the park where the rehearsal picnic took place :-) The light was gorgeous and it was beautiful weather(although nippy and chilly outside).

Jonathan, of course, looking his bridesdude-ly best on Sunday morning (around the time of the wedding).

Ah, older brothers....Joseph having just thrown a frisbee directly at me on Saturday evening at the park. He and Jonathan decided that instead of choosing an inanimate object for their frisbee golf pleasure, they would instead use me as a "goalpost."

Makes for a great picture :-D

(oh, and note how chilly it was - Joseph and I both acquired new pieces of outerwear on Saturday...)

The bride and groom - partners for life. This was taken Saturday night as they visited with family and friends at their rehearsal picnic. They are so sweet and caring towards each other, and they share a brilliant, cute, and silly sense of humor. Melinda and Paul seem to bring laughter, good conversation, light, insight, and silliness wherever they go.

500G

Yay! Among other things, Jonathan and I are now the proud owners of a 500 gig external hard drive.

After only six months of ownership, I have already outgrown my imac's hard drive. Yikes.
(I think it was 80 gigs?)

So, these new 500 gigs should last at least a couple of years ;-)

In memory of a writer with spirit

Madeleine L'Engle died yesterday in Connecticut at age 88 (I think).

She remains one of my all time favorite authors. Many of her stories affected me quite deeply, and perhaps even changed or enhanced my view of life and humanity. Her stories contained powerful messages about good and evil and human flaws and the grey areas of life.

There is a really nice article in the New York Times today about her - to read it, go here.

If you haven't read any of her books, then, by all means, do so.

to Madeleine L'Engle - all the best.

...

I'm home...

alone.

(excepting Jonathan, of course)

'nuff said.