Tag: family
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To Chelsea on Her 21st Birthday
Chelsea is my eldest niece and she loves nature. Me, well, I love this kid—and the other two girls too. Before I had a garden to help me bury the pains caused by a rare illness, I found a lot of happiness and joy in these three beautiful creatures. These 3 are a creative triple…
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2012: The Year of Entering the Garden with my Grandma Virginia
A statue of St Francis in Grandma Virginia’s backyard circa the early 1980s. I have no idea what happened to him, but he stood beside a little water feature that never worked during my lifetime. I imagine Grandma and Grandpa made it when they built their midcentury ranch house together, long before Grandpa Amato passed…