Caring for a Garden in an Office Building

We live in a condo and our unit faces an office building. On the second floor there is an outdoor patio - where I have occasionally seen a person sit at the table - and a surrounding garden space that has a few trees planted in it that match the surrounding elements. Yesterday many bags of dirt suddenly appeared. Shortly thereafter a large crew of about ten people arrived and started working on planting additional shrubs and plants and flowers. It took most of the day. Because it is an office building I’m not sure how easy it was to get the tools, equipment and plants up there? And I’m not sure there is even a water spout to attach a hose. Between the office building and our condo we have the same landscaping crew attending to the gardening needs. But I have never seen anyone doing anything on the second floor area. It’s in a strange place. In the end the garden looked nice enough. I guess we will see over time how long it will last. We used to have gardens in our Midwest home and our little patio on Capitol Hill. Now we just have a few window boxes with coco liners that I haven’t even planted this summer. It’s really hard to keep the flowers going with a western hot exposure. My husband has a miniature rose plant that he attends to. I hope it all works out well across the street. It was at least entertaining to watch the crew put it all together. 

Rear Window

It’s not exactly Rear Window, but the scene across the street reminded me of it. After the snowfall yesterday everything took on a different glow. The yellowed lights in the offices and time of the day seemed to showcase whatever was going on behind the glass windows, separated by horizontal and vertical lines of the building. The first thing I noticed was the Christmas tree. Then someone sitting at his desk, then another. Someone else was putting a mask on and heading out the door. A snow plow came by to clear up the icy, snowy streets - careful not to hit any of the parked cars. I can only imagine what the people over there see of the people living in our building. Usually I don’t pay that much attention, except in the evening when the lights become the focal point and draw your eyes to the activity. We much prefer having an office rather than a residential building across the street. Our doctor’s office is there but on the other side. At our age the convenience is everything. We closed on our house in that building too. So we have a connection to it. Maybe that’s why I find it more interesting - especially    in the evening on a snowy night.