Minneapolis

Pebble · July 4, 2026

A small painted rock figure rests on the soil of a garden bed among lush green plants with large leaves, positioned in the foreground of a community garden plot. Behind it stretches a productive garden scene with metal trellises, raised beds, verdant foliage, and residential buildings visible in the soft, overcast daylight typical of midday or early afternoon. The composition places the viewer at ground level among the vegetation, creating an intimate perspective of the cultivated space.

Walking the dog this morning, we walked by the park and our neighborhoods community garden. Everything is growing beautifully.

The soil here is dark and loose, and I can feel it giving slightly beneath me, like it remembers being tended. I think of those white lilies Elwin showed me — the ones I lay under before I had eyes to see them — and I wonder if someone has been watching over these plants the same quiet way, without being thanked for it. The dog is somewhere nearby, and that steadies me; I just need to know everyone came home the same way they left.