… dotted by Bekki
“The Yard Sale surely proves one thing … ”
The loot we scored at this year’s Ashmont Hill Yard sale includes: a bright red bookcase, two rugs that appear custom-made for my hallway, an Aloha-worthy Hawaiian shirt, $22 worth of mouth-watering ribs, and — in a moment of weakness — an eerily realistic mechanical cat named Snowflake purchased with someone’s “piggy bank” money.
The best things in life truly are free, and not even Snowflake the Wonder Cat can compare to the Dorchester-inspired poetry generously distributed by Yard Sale enthusiast, Barbara Roper.
Barbara Roper is full of DotLove
The Lure of Ashmont Hill
It is a thrill to see crowds mill
Around our yards on Ashmont Hill
To buy our wares – to stop and stare
And say, “Dorchester? We can’t be there!”
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Many I’m sure are flabbergasted
To think that these beautiful homes have lasted
Through all the conflict and departure
To Suburbia and “greener pasture”
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Some people come with the expectation
Of run down homes and desolation
The image of Dorchester is badly smeared
But after the Yard Sale we hope some of it is cleared
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The looks of amazement at turrets and towers
Victorian homes, shrubbery and flowers
Carriage houses and lawns manicured
Stained-glass windows, many folks are allured
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People are friendly – cars are few
Cause for many heads to turn askew
Where in Boston could you find today
Such beautiful homes within view of the bay?
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The noise, the pollution, the utter confusion
They call city life – what a delusion
Bumper to bumper some crawl every night
And fight their way home to “suburban delight”
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There are many advantages to living right here
We have lots of parking space and good clean air
We enjoy city living and suburbia too
Those who have both are certainly few
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We can hop on a train at Ashmont Station
And get connections to all parts of the nation
But it is great to come back home again
And know that it is nicer than any place you’ve been
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The Yard Sale surely proves one thing
There is a place in Dorchester where things really swing
Between young and old there is communication
No generation gap – just regeneration!
The Landmark Roper Yard Sale on Ashmont Hill
The Ashmont Hill Yard Sale occurs annually each May and includes over 40 families.
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