When driving by these topiary trees in exposed aggregate pots on a sidewalk where they bake in summer and shiver in winter, I feel sorry for them.
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Behind them is a concrete block building which recently got a new tenant and a snazzy and bright paint job. The poor trees were left behind by the former occupants and were neglected for a few months as the building was vacant. Two, like the one above, survived. One did not. Well, it was done with life as we know it (or was it just unsightly? Either way, it's dead now.) but has been reborn in a way.
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Because of it's position, so much closer to the street than the building behind, it really grabs attention. The sign on the building now says "One Word Plastics" but I didn't go inside. Now I'm wondering what it is that they are about but an internet search turns up nothing, nada, zilch, zero so next time I'm in the area I'll find out. Anyway, dead tree becomes garden art - we've seen it before with deciduous trees so why not conifers as well. Come to think of it, what were you planning to do with that Christmas tree ...
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Happy New Year's eve and may 2016 be happy, peaceful, prosperous, and find you surrounded by love.
Behind them is a concrete block building which recently got a new tenant and a snazzy and bright paint job. The poor trees were left behind by the former occupants and were neglected for a few months as the building was vacant. Two, like the one above, survived. One did not. Well, it was done with life as we know it (or was it just unsightly? Either way, it's dead now.) but has been reborn in a way.
It's quite vibrant and eye-catching in this light industrial, mostly- bland-colored area.
Because of it's position, so much closer to the street than the building behind, it really grabs attention. The sign on the building now says "One Word Plastics" but I didn't go inside. Now I'm wondering what it is that they are about but an internet search turns up nothing, nada, zilch, zero so next time I'm in the area I'll find out. Anyway, dead tree becomes garden art - we've seen it before with deciduous trees so why not conifers as well. Come to think of it, what were you planning to do with that Christmas tree ...
