If you like wisteria,
If you can momentarily forget this is the exotic wisteria classed as invasive here,
If you need to lie on a blanket and see sky through cascades of blue-violet racemes,
and if allergies permit fragrance in Surround Sound,
go to the front lawn of the old Catholic Diocese on 21st Avenue South. Evening air intensifies the scent.
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While there, note:
- Two-toned violets in the lawn.
- A few red-orange crossvine trumpets overhead in the honeysuckle.
- ½ inch-long baby oak leaves, fuzzy and pink, emerging from buds. Tomorrow they will be less fuzzy, less pink, and more long.
- The limestone and structure of the dry-stack wall as fronts 21st, and the perpendicular bit as separates the lawn from the dentist next door.
Speculate how old each might be and who made them. - The fact that by next wisteria season, all this could be gone. The lot is scheduled for sale and development. Hello, mixed-use high rise.
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And then, slip around the back of the Diocese to decipher the curious graffiti and tell me what the heck it means.
Sidewalk Nature 