
Working within landscapes is obviously very different from working on the farm. Actually, there are too many differences to mention. One difference is people. There are only a few on the farm, spread out over many acres. Conversely, the landscapes that I work in are designed for use and enjoyment by countless people who attend events there. I can rarely get away from all of them. Although it can be fun, it can also be challenging, and often interesting. On rare occasion, I find artifacts that make me wonder about whomever left them. This tiny terracotta pot with “Zoey” painted on it, for example, was found in a small landscape outside of a bookstore, quite a distance from the facility a which young children typically engage in such crafts. I hate to think that Zoey misplaced it there. I sort of hope that it was intentionally left there, perhaps containing a tiny plant that Zoey hoped a gardener would find and add to the landscapes. If so, I found it too late and empty. Zoey does not need to know that. Hopefully, if she returns, she finds something that she believes to be her plant growing happily in our landscapes.
I have a few pieces like that, one a piece of broken cup with part of the phrase “I love you, Grandma” on it, found in an old house years ago when we were cleaning up an abandoned house and property.
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It was important to someone for a time. It is hard to throw something like that out.
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