Stacking Rocks in the Park

It started a few months ago. We were taking a morning walk in the neighborhood park and at the point after crossing one of the foot bridges there was a stack of rocks. This stack of three very large racks were carefully balanced on a cut off tree trunk. Someone had to have constructed this small “tower” - but who? These are very heavy rocks. Then a bit later all of the rocks were on the ground. Someone must have knocked them down. Then later, the rocks were stacked in a different configuration again on the cut off trunk. Then they were knocked down again. It started to be the name of the game - someone stacked and balanced the rocks; someone else came through and knocked the structure all down. Yesterday the rocks were stacked again. Today the rocks - and the stump - were on the ground. Perhaps it was a message to stop doing it for safety reasons. I could definitely see some small person getting injured doing this folly. It will be interesting to see what happens next. I guess we will find out on our next visit. 

Lucky Bamboo Rocks

Since we no longer have biweekly flower bouquets for our wall vase, my husband suggested bamboo. Then, when we start getting flowers again, they can be added in. We have a small bamboo plant in the bathroom. It survived living in our Capitol Hill condo bathroom over many years. So we ordered in nine pieces through Amazon. In order to keep the stems upright, we like to add stones/pebbles to the container. But the stones weren’t considered a necessity and they took awhile to arrive. In the meantime I split the bunch up in to three vases - the wall vase, the console table plant vase, and the bedroom “regular” vase. When the pebbles arrived they all went in to the wall vase because the top of the vase is too wide to contain the stems. I do miss the fresh flowers and have tried to order the $4.99 bunch via Instacart from Wegman’s or Fresh Market, but they are never available. So for now the bamboo meets the need and looks rather nice. Staying indoors doesn’t bother us too much. Having living plants to care for is a bonus.