{"id":3837,"date":"2015-11-30T20:22:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2015-11-30T20:22:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:22:03","slug":"a-stump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/a-stump\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in December 2013 we had an ice storm that brought down a lot of the Russian Olive trees that line on side of our street. \"ice<\/a>After City workers cleaned up the fallen trees there were quite a few stumps left behind.<\/p>\n

In August 2015 I noticed some marigolds growing amid the litter in one such stump:<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a>Then a month later there were zinnias blooming as well:\"September<\/a>Now, when I walked down the street I would look for the stump, to see how the flowers were doing.<\/p>\n

The end of October and fallen leaves add more colour to this tree stump, the flowers undeterred by the cold:\"October<\/a>Notice that someone has removed the litter out; wasn’t me.<\/p>\n

Finally, in the third week of November we have our first significant snowfall. Looks like the flowers are finished for this year:\"IMG_1493\"<\/a>And then, just days later, the City trucks were back. The stumps have all been removed. I wonder what will happen with the marigold and zinnia seeds. Will they grow some place else? Who put them there in the first place?\"IMG_1504\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in December 2013 we had an ice storm that brought down a lot of the Russian Olive trees that line on side of our street. After City workers cleaned up the fallen trees there were quite a few stumps left behind. In August 2015 I noticed some marigolds growing amid the litter in one … <\/p>\n

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