Greenery instead of grass

 

Traveling thru town with Harry,  I walked on Harvard Road viewing a nice home with a large porch to sit on.  I have seen a women seated in the sun reading a book at times exchanging a morning hello.  On this day the porch was empty only a small table with an ashtray filled with cigarette butts When I passed, I heard a man coughing loudly at the window behind the porch.  I imagined that he was the smoker.  Quitting smoking is one of the most positive steps you can take in your life to take control of your existence. 

On the same street I photoed a front yard with no lawn, only the lovely greenery and flowers shown above.  Grassed lawns In general seem to be a vestige of the past when the quality of a yard was measured by the quality of the lawn, how it was cut, trimmed and its green hue.  To be truthful, it serves little purpose.  In my homeowner days, I was a yardsman always clipping, edging, and feeding with a variety of chemicals from hardware stores made to improve the color, and density of the plants.  One could not know what is was doing to the soil and the ground water.  With the little wisdom I now have, my choices may have been different.

Our skies filled with particulate from the wild fires in Canada traveling south with the normal air current, are bothering some folks,  with the air becoming difficult to breathe.  New York City has a pronounced orange atmosphere.  Sporting events and other outside activities have been postponed.  Frankly it is difficult to describe, and pretty disquieting. 

This is an unexpected development due to the state of our global climate.  For us at this point, the skies aren't blue but white with smoke residue.  We may be wearing masks for a different purpose should these conditions continue.

thats it

all for now

stay safe