In our Neighborhood: Burns Park, Ann Arbor
A Pot Farm!
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| In our neighborhood: a pot farm has just been planted on a formerly vacant side yard. I wondered what they were planning when they rototilled the lawn. |
Butterflies!
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| In the neighborhood are many monarch butterflies. A nearby neighbor is especially encouraging them with milkweed plants, and she has some cocoons that she's helping to grow. |
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| This monarch was in our yard. It didn't even demand milkweed. I understand that many national parks are encouraging the growth of milkweed to help out the endangered monarchs. |
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| Butterflies are so popular that one artist at last week's art fair had made a whole collage of life-sized 3-D butterfly sculptures. |
Nearby: In Chelsea, MI
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| Chelsea, MI is around 20 miles away from our house. We go there for a variety of reasons, especially to eat at a very nice restaurant called The Common Grill. Chelsea has some very nice murals: I've never posted this one before. |
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| Depicted on the girl's dress are some Chelsea landmarks, including the grain elevators of the Jiffy Mix plant which dominates the Chelsea "skyline." |
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i love this mural Mae! it's really lovely. so how come they are growing pot? is it legal to do so? interesting...
ReplyDeleteLove the Chelsea painting -- that's really well done and so "personal."
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to get monarch pix all summer. I see them but never with my camera and by the time I grab it, they're gone!