On the scale of current human events, the poignancy of an abandoned garden is very minor. Still, it was both a small revelation of beauty, and a reminder of life's transience, to come upon patches of Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow) in the side yard of a boarded-up office/apartment structure near City Hall last week. Someone planted these little bulbs at a happier time and they have spread vigorously, with now only a curious passerby to admire them. It was tempting to think of "liberating" them from their neglected situation, but they do belong to somebody, even if the present owner doesn't know or care that they are on the property. --Bernice
I have seen similar situations like that all over Plainfield and admit, once, I dug up some and took them to my mothers house in Upstate NY. It was only a few, but I kind of looked at it as like you said, someone put them there once with care. I made sure their efforts were not lost in the bustle of life. Technically wrong, but the intentions were admirable to say the least.
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