by Pa Rock
Streetwalker
This posting is coming to you directly from the third floor of the famed Mormon Library. That's right, Pa Rock is getting burned out on research and decided to take a break by blogging.
Last night I joined a "garden tour" which was conducted by one of the thirty professional gardeners who plant and maintain all of the beautiful flower beds, shrubbery, and trees that adorn Temple Square. Everything is in full bloom and the weather is marvelous. It was an hour or so very well spent.
One of the sights that we encountered on the tour was a group of young people posing in front of the Salt Lake Temple. Each took turns holding up a large foreign flag - they each had their own distinct flags. I assumed the kids were foreign exchange students displaying the flags of their home countries, but after another member of our group asked the leader about the activity, she said the young people had just received their missionary assignments, and the flags represented the countries where they would be assigned.
We also circled the original home of Brigham Young, now a museum just off of Temple Square. The house was undoubtedly one of the fanciest around back in its day - and it is very large. Of course, with fifty-five wives and fifty-seven kids it had to be. His office was next door - in a separate building - no explanation necessary!
That's one way to "grow" a church!
But back to the gardens: Each flower bed is designed by a professional, and the gardeners grow their own seedlings in greenhouses and do all of the planting. When it is time to rip up a garden for the winter, school children come in to help with that.
The landscapers start putting up the Christmas lights on August 1st, and supposedly by the time they turn them on during the holiday season, the effect is spectacular. Many of the trees are already covered with lights for this winter's big show.
The kids with the flags were my heroes for yesterday. Today's hero is the young man that I saw walking a German Shepherd on a leash along a busy street just a block from Temple Square. He was clad only in a pair of boxer briefs! The funny part was that everyone just walked on by like his appearance was the most natural thing in the world!
I guess that I have lived out in the woods too long!
More later.
Streetwalker
This posting is coming to you directly from the third floor of the famed Mormon Library. That's right, Pa Rock is getting burned out on research and decided to take a break by blogging.
Last night I joined a "garden tour" which was conducted by one of the thirty professional gardeners who plant and maintain all of the beautiful flower beds, shrubbery, and trees that adorn Temple Square. Everything is in full bloom and the weather is marvelous. It was an hour or so very well spent.
One of the sights that we encountered on the tour was a group of young people posing in front of the Salt Lake Temple. Each took turns holding up a large foreign flag - they each had their own distinct flags. I assumed the kids were foreign exchange students displaying the flags of their home countries, but after another member of our group asked the leader about the activity, she said the young people had just received their missionary assignments, and the flags represented the countries where they would be assigned.
We also circled the original home of Brigham Young, now a museum just off of Temple Square. The house was undoubtedly one of the fanciest around back in its day - and it is very large. Of course, with fifty-five wives and fifty-seven kids it had to be. His office was next door - in a separate building - no explanation necessary!
That's one way to "grow" a church!
But back to the gardens: Each flower bed is designed by a professional, and the gardeners grow their own seedlings in greenhouses and do all of the planting. When it is time to rip up a garden for the winter, school children come in to help with that.
The landscapers start putting up the Christmas lights on August 1st, and supposedly by the time they turn them on during the holiday season, the effect is spectacular. Many of the trees are already covered with lights for this winter's big show.
The kids with the flags were my heroes for yesterday. Today's hero is the young man that I saw walking a German Shepherd on a leash along a busy street just a block from Temple Square. He was clad only in a pair of boxer briefs! The funny part was that everyone just walked on by like his appearance was the most natural thing in the world!
I guess that I have lived out in the woods too long!
More later.
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