We revisited the garden, and where there is flora, there is also fauna, of the small and curious variety. They run in small herds or packs and make the strangest noises.
Now, I could have taken pictures of the mentally deranged squirrels that abide in our park. They will run up your arms and legs to get a piece of food, and frankly they scare me to death. Who could be down with a rodent that is not only not scared of humans, but lords it over them that they can just go ahead and skitter up your body, not a care in the world, to steal your croissant?
We could have shown the pigeons that congregate around the park, but oddly enough they didn’t show their faces or their wings in the garden at sunset. Perhaps they were off doing New York pigeon things- pigeon pilates class, cooing over a latte, working through issues with their therapist, the usual stuff.
Instead, here is my favorite local fauna, poking around in the community garden and gathering little bits of things to make ” sun soup”. For a solid hour this band of kids ran around discussing each of the plants, tasting the edible ones, and running back and forth from the water fountain with buckets, cups, and sticks. After several gentle warnings that it was getting late, we basically had to drag them away from their soup and home for dinner.
(For other Fauna Corner Views, go take a peek at Francesca’s blog.)
08/08/2012 at 12:52 pm Permalink
I don’t like squirrels as well, I’m ok watching them in the park but to let them come near, not so much.
It looks like the kids have lots of fun in the sun in the garden. Lovely photos. Thank you for sharing! x
08/08/2012 at 2:00 pm Permalink
mentally deranged squirrels… hee hee. you’re making my moment. come to think of it, they ARE deranged. argggh.
you show us monkey business, love, and therefore i love you. those running things!
ps – do you think my house and i chose one another, a few years back? mhm.. i am going to muse on and infuse myself with that one! but thanks for pointing out something that may be more obvious to the other than to me…
x
n♥
08/08/2012 at 2:33 pm Permalink
Wow! That’s a terrific community garden! You must feel quite blessed to live in a city and still have one! I posted my flora last week and then took off to Texas to visit daughter and family, so I didn’t read yours until now. The little one reminds me of Abigail in TX who likes to do the same thing. I’m back in Ohio and so missing my two Tex grandkids! (I have 4 in Ohio.)
I like how you made the fauna the children. It’s great to see kids involved in the growing of things.:>)
The squirrels sound terrible! Yikes! I like squirrels as long as they stay on the ground or in the trees, but definitely NOT on me!:>(
LOL about your NY pidgeons!
08/08/2012 at 2:44 pm Permalink
Hi Cate!
Good to see you again. We are all doing well, thanks for asking. This is a magic spot indeed.
xxooT
08/08/2012 at 4:21 pm Permalink
What lovely fauna! And I can’t help picturing a couple of pigeons gossipping over a Starbucks Venti!
08/08/2012 at 9:40 pm Permalink
ha ha ! your post totally cracked me up ! especially the bit about the croissant stealing squirrels !!!
08/08/2012 at 10:12 pm Permalink
My favorite kind of fauna too!
09/08/2012 at 1:20 am Permalink
lovely fauna indeed!
09/08/2012 at 2:33 am Permalink
I had to laugh at your description of the squirrels (they sound disconcerting!) and pigeons
09/08/2012 at 3:01 pm Permalink
I love that you chose children as fauna. I have four myself. You have other great posts as well.
10/08/2012 at 10:50 am Permalink
lovely park fauna
I actually dislike the pigeons more than the squirrels … in my mind they are flying rats.
16/08/2012 at 6:11 am Permalink
Adorable little fauna (and nice idea)…