This sad little courtyard is at one of my museums. It's been cleaned up a little in the last year or so, but it needs a complete overhaul. I ended up talking with a visitor over the weekend about how her aunt used to be the caretaker at the museum in the 1970s. The aunt lived in the ell on the righthand side here. Her kitchen window was that first floor guy in the far right corner. It looked out on this courtyard, which the niece said was in much nicer shape back then. Can you picture it? A bit of grass, some paving stones for a patio, maybe a bench, and a nice little bistro set . . . I can almost see it now.
UPDATE: Now I'm actually feeling inspired by this project. This is the kind of thing I'd love to be able to do to update the look of our property and make the whole campus look more cared-for. However, I'm leery of having the time and resources to work on it alone, so perhaps I can get a volunteer team together this spring or summer. Here's another photo from inside the building (from those two joined windows straight back) so you can see more of the weedy mess. But think of how nice it would look with some mowing, new plantings, and attention.
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