the best phone pole ever?

I found little to interest me in the cute little shops along Hawthorne St in Portland, Oregon--except of course, the Powell's outpost--but turning down a side street yielded the delights of craftsman bungalows with teeming, messy, gorgeous front yards.  Much more to my liking...see why below:

Blowsy front yards in Portland, Oregon!

Independence Day...

In salute to the homeground of my fave kind of gardening, here's George III.
I thought a good tribute would be to have a Pimm's instead of
an All-American microbrew.