tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post1177826830581271397..comments2024-03-06T04:17:19.067-08:00Comments on The SparkLit: This Birmingham Woman May Get Arrested for...WHAT?Katie Feng Shuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12908963799168024775noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-73090879720642684312015-05-08T13:29:49.474-07:002015-05-08T13:29:49.474-07:00Just did another interview w ABC. No one from the ...Just did another interview w ABC. No one from the city has notified me yet but they told the reporter that they had a horticulturist come out yesterday and I am now in compliance! Will be on the news at 5! Would like something in writing from the city but still time to celebrate! Thank you, thank you to everyone who cared and offered support!!! Thank you Katie Rogers for writing the blog that got things rolling! You rock!!!Ana Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-64689396981804017312015-05-08T12:10:30.443-07:002015-05-08T12:10:30.443-07:00Soe more research on ornamental plants here:
Ana...Soe more research on ornamental plants here: <br /><br />Ana may not know it but her front yard flowers improve relationships. Research shows that people who spend extended lengths of time around plants tend to have better relationships with others.<br /><br />Ornamental plants affect the levels of compassion. Folks who spend more time around plants are much more likely to try and help others, and often have more advanced social relationships. People who care for nature are more likely to care for others, reaching out to their peers and forming shared bonds resulting from their common interests. Extended exposure to nature and wildlife increases people’s compassion for each other as it increases people’s compassion for the environment in which they live. In short, being around plants can help to improve relationships between people and increase their concern and empathy toward others. (Brethour 2007, Etcoff 2007, Frank 2003, Hagen 2009, Haviland-Jones 2005, Pohmer 2008, Rappe 2005)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-77268147194449679632015-05-08T11:15:05.220-07:002015-05-08T11:15:05.220-07:00This probably has to do with a complaint from a re...This probably has to do with a complaint from a real estate agent. How many houses are for sale close to you? Deborah Hunter-Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118456099266169487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-46691009023458636092015-05-08T11:07:17.286-07:002015-05-08T11:07:17.286-07:00This is such as silly overreach by the City. This ...This is such as silly overreach by the City. This is a case of keeping to the letter of the law, not keeping in the spirit of it. <br /><br />Consider this: <br /><br />The effect of nature in the home and in the workplace serves to stimulate both the senses and the mind, improving mental cognition and performance. (Bisco Werner 1996; Brethour 2007; Frank 2003; Pohmer 2008; Serwach 2008; Shibata, 2001, 2004; Yannick 2009). <br /><br />Perhaps the person who issued the complaint could benefit from some nature himself or herself? #liveandletlive<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-26620850117771018482015-05-08T07:36:24.594-07:002015-05-08T07:36:24.594-07:00Thank you to everyone for your support. As of Wedn...Thank you to everyone for your support. As of Wednesday I am supposed to be getting a call from the City Inspector to schedule a meeting to look at my yard but I have not heard anything yet. I plan to call again today since the deadline of May14, 2015 is approaching quickly!<br /><br />Since the city notice was my birthday present from the city I hop ether do not decide to give me a Mother's Day present!Ana Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-4502614482534469902015-05-08T03:34:48.201-07:002015-05-08T03:34:48.201-07:00Agree with above - contact Verna Gates. She heads ...Agree with above - contact Verna Gates. She heads up an organization called Fresh Air Family and has been through this before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-1286398680455188312015-05-07T21:29:32.035-07:002015-05-07T21:29:32.035-07:00Please tell her to contact Verna Gates. The city w...Please tell her to contact Verna Gates. The city went after her yard in Crestwood a few years back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-86980124831178964792015-05-07T18:43:33.706-07:002015-05-07T18:43:33.706-07:00I have always thought her yard was lovely! But gu...I have always thought her yard was lovely! But guys, the point is not to make the city get after others... it is to get them off HER back, so careful about pointing fingers! We want them to respect planters... Respect people who obviously take pride in their HOMES, like Ana does.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-66753517648590787772015-05-07T18:22:09.707-07:002015-05-07T18:22:09.707-07:00Agreed, James -- there are plenty of properties th...Agreed, James -- there are plenty of properties that need citations much more than hers! Katie Feng Shuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908963799168024775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061245186910233769.post-13626961114370559912015-05-07T14:07:07.078-07:002015-05-07T14:07:07.078-07:00If my next door neighbors empty overgrown lot look...If my next door neighbors empty overgrown lot looked anywhere near this good I would kiss them. City says nothing to them. Maybe if she plants weeds they will leave her alone?James Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712161264491740444noreply@blogger.com