Summer Is…
A Season in Farlow Park


Dedication

To those who love the park:
The early morning joggers, 
the afternoon strollers, 
The evening ramblers, 
the any-time dog walkers,
To the children who play, 
and their parents who chat, 
To the elders who rest,
and to all who dream,
This book celebrates what a park 
can bring to a community.
It reminds us of our essential connection 
to the natural world 
And offers us opportunities
to engage with one another
In the spirit of appreciation 
and friendship.

Summer is . . .

When the park swells green
and neighbors reconnect
on common ground

Benches invite contemplation.

Festivals of sun and shadow

Become dialogues of pattern

Distinct, undeterred.

The pond

The park

Together…a benediction

Summer is an embrace; 
An affirmation of belonging

Summer brings anticipation

And summons stillness

A century of conversations buried
in constellations of clover

Whose bones are these?

Summer offers the opportunity
For solitude in a public place

While a welcome breeze
Skims the water

Shape shifting the reflections

Into a treasury of beauty

Summer tracks all trespassers

Reunites leaves with trees;
Grass with ground

And friends with one another
in casual passing

Summer enables the present
  To create the future

And in consistent return

Summer affirms place matters

And this is ours.