From left: Bill Purdy, Dave Slife, Joe Jarabek & daughter Molly, Tim Keaton, Loren Olsen, Julia Russel, Jim Klingensmith, Eric Russell, Mickey Krivosh, John and Tina Russell, David and Tina Russell, Patti Krivosh, Rita Purdy, Kevin, Jennifer and Sarah Scott
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Cottage of Flowers owners and professional partiers John and Tina Russell celebrated the Summer Solstice with friends, family and neighbors on Sunday, June 21st, hosting a Solstice party at their Lakewood residence. In the spirit of the solstice, partiers were challenged to reconstruct Stone Hedge. While the building project was tinted with classic American competitive cheer, Tina Russell and others speculated that the ancient builders of Stone Hedge lacked the proper calibration of mead and imagination necessary to evoke individual artistic expression on each stone arch. The evocative powers of mead on partier creativity are evidenced in the diversity of each stone arch. Note to the reader: the "stones" in the above image are cardboard boxes painted gray. Rumor has it that these boxes were lifted by pagan Boxcutters (the modern, backyard equivalent of the ancient Stonecutters) from local flower shops.