Leaf Of Grass

I loafe and invite my soul,

I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

My toungue, evey atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air...

-Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

This page is an autobiography of a project of mine to grow one blade of grass. On July 5, 1998, I planted one grass seed in a plastic cup with some soil found around my yard in Maine. This web page is intended to document the growth of this one leaf of grass from seed onward. On this page are pictures of the seed in its plastic cup taken with my digital camera.

See the pics!

• Grass003.jpg Shot of the whole cup with dirt.
• Grass005.jpg Overhead shot of the cup and dirt.
• The Collection The main picture page. Now includes:
• • Day One - Close ups of the seed (July 5, 1998).
  • Week One - The leaf of grass one week after planting (July 12, 1998).
  • Week Two - The saga continues.. (July 19, 1998)
  • Week Three - Original Grass and Grass Jr: The resemblance is uncanny. (July 26, 1998*)

• Grass : The Final Chapter - See the grass released finally into the wild.

* Shame, shame, shame, for you terribly keen observers I didn't update this page on Sunday July 26, but rather Wed July 29.. The pictures however were taken on monday July 27. So its still pretty accurate and I am gonna pretend like I did it on sunday so it doesn't screw everthing up.

Since July 25, 1998