A Garden Game

The back door was propped open with a brick, so I slipped outside into the warm afternoon air! Across the stone patio, I noticed a pile of smooth gray garden pebbles resting by a flowerpot. They looked just like a mini obstacle course. I picked up a dry maple seed with a twisty wing and tossed it like a little helicopter. It spun around and landed right between two round stones! Lining up a neat row of pebbles to mark the goal line felt like making my very own tiny playground.