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• Yitzhak, 4 1/2, makes leaves
is still spring but already it's hot,
into costumes for puppets, made of
and I'm not a fan of the heat.
sticks,
he uses to act out stories. He
Weathermen drive me crazy
picks me bunches of mint, which I
when they give reports, as invariably
use in tea, and of our everlasting
they do: "It's going to be 98 beauti-
oregano, which I dry for
ful degrees tomorrow! Get
Pesach. He blows dried
out and enjoy it!"
dandelions and picks up
Enjoy it? Sure. I'll enjoy
friendly insects, letting
it from inside my house,
them crawl up and down
where I'll have the air con-
his tiny arms. With chalk
: ditioner on all day long.
he creates volcanos on
The wonderful, wonderful
our
porch, then lifts rocks
air conditioner.
in search of worms. He
The only problem is, I'll
watches
the squirrels and
miss being in our back
birds who come to eat our food
yard. At first glance, it's nothing
scraps.
special. It's the most popular in the
Talya is only 15 months, so mostly
neighborhood because we've got a
she just runs around, or we snuggle
i swing set and a sandbox and three
on the hammock and watch the
kiddie pools. But there are no really
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leaves
above, trembling in the
expensive or impressive toys, noth-
wind.
ing mechanical or electric. For the
Sometimes my children and I bury
most part, it's just a garden and a
treasures, then dig them up a week
lawn.
later. We carve our initials into the
But little wonders happen at every
tree. I ask the children to each find
turn there because it's in our back
10 interesting things. We make
yard that I most readily see my chil-
"meals"
out of sand and water and
dren's imagination at work. The other
broken leaves (our spices).
day, my 6-year-old daughter, Adina,
It is much the same in the winter,
began creating a place for the birds.
when we build snowmen and take
At first there was just dirt. Then
sled rides and play with food color-
Adina dug a hole which she filled
'
ing
in the snow. And in the summer
with bread crumbs. This was for their
and fall we eat the fresh produce
dinner. In another hole she placed a
my husband grows — tomatoes
small bowl with water, for the birds
and
peppers and cucumbers.
to drink. She filled a larger container
The open air is like a large can-
with more water, that they might
vas
onto which we create whatever
bathe after their gourmet meal, and
we dream, where we are limited by
left a collection of grass clippings, i n
nothing, where everything is fresh
!, case they wanted to rest.
and new and good and safe and
Adina also likes to pick flowers,
free and eternal. ❑
which we press and use later to
make pictures. She brings ladybugs
to eat the aphids that cover my
banana mint. She's good at finding
Elizabeth Applebaum
four-leaf clovers, and I make her
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necklaces of dandelions.
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