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Wildlife on the 9th Floor Terrace

THE CLARE is located in a densely populated neighborhood
of apartments, shops, restaurants and museums. In the
midst of this urban scene, hidden away on the 9th Floor
Terrace, is a lovely rooftop garden. It is a sun-filled scene
of natural and cultivated beauty, including flowers of
the season, shrubs, trees, birds and butterflies. A patio Becky Davidson and
attracts residents for dining and enjoying the scenery.
The photos accompanying this text show off the variety Suzanne T urner
of our garden. Residents and our visitors enjoy nature in
miniature all seasons of the year.
Spring: Every spring, we are treated to perennial flowers Clare Residents Venture to Niagara-
that pop up on schedule, as illustrated in the photos of
the white Spring Anemone and the tiny yellow Tulipa on-the-Lake for Shaw Festival
Tarda ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 11 Clare residents set off for
Summer: We enjoy a colorful show of annuals throughout Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada, eager to attend
the summer and fall, including Allium, Begonia, Coleuis this year’s Shaw Festival. Each year, the Shaw Festival
and Zinnia. Note the photo of the Admiral butterfly, a presents between 10 and 12 plays in three distinctive
sometime visitor, drinking at the Allium flower. theatres for an audience of more than 250,000 people.
Our herb garden in its wooden cart is small but full of The group was scheduled to see five plays in four days.
delicious ingredients for the cooks among us: chive, dill, Clare resident Becky Davidson offers her perspective on
basil, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme and mint. what they saw:
“Everyone had their own opinions about the plays,
A highlight of 2018 was the migration of Monarch but most agreed that Shakespeare’s Henry V was top
butterflies, visiting The Clare in numbers on their way notch. The adaptation of Hound of the Baskervilles
to their southern home. Fluttering among our flowers, had fascinating sets, lighting and visuals, making good
they deposited eggs, which eventually developed into use of the Festival Theatre’s technical advantages. The
caterpillars. See the accompanying photo of one of the Festival Theatre was also the location of a musical version
six caterpillars observed in our garden. Will some mature of Grand Hotel, with excellent singing, dancing and
into adults? It’s a matter of wait and see. costumes.
Photos by Beverly Rodgers. Text by Suzanne Turner.
Each morning, we attended a lecture and discussion of
the play we had just seen. We also had plenty of free
time to explore the lovely, flower-filled town, to eat at the
charming restaurants and to shop at quaint boutiques.”

Admiral butterfly with Allium
Bill and Kay Hart
and Suzanne and
Jack T urner

Monarch caterpillar with milkweed Zinnia

Kay and Bill Hart
Herb garden Tulipa tarda