Oh boy! I smiled when I noticed them on a Midnight Ramble. The smile on my face was as bright as the noonday sun when I read the inscriptions on the stones today. The colors on the stones outdid the flowers nearby. And the messages? See for yourself.
This has to be the mail deliverer's favorite stop of the day. For everyday passersby, it's a shrine.
In times of flux, social change and uncertainty, words matter. They mattered when, in 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote these words inscribed on the base of The Statue of Liberty:
“Give me your tired, your poor,/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,/The wretched refuse of your teeming shore./Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,/I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” words inscribed on the base of The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
Today we are masked masses, eager for the day we can breathe free again, who can appreciate a momentary uplift by reading the messages painted on these petra-petunias arranged on the steps.
We're learning to see through our masks and connect through our eyes, our laughter, and our attitude.
YES we can!
Easier some days than others...that's why we need those messages on the other stones!
The best rock garden ever!
and you can see it all the way down the street.
FLASH...I just learned that these artistic rolling stones were painted and captioned by the homeowner. She recently painted messages honoring women's rights...stay tuned for a photo update.
Photos by Paul A. Tamburello, Jr.
https://www.biography.com/writer/emma-lazarus
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