I brought coffee and croissants over to my friend Mark's place Sunday morning to watch the final Leeds soccer game of the season. Leeds won the game over West Brom 3-1, and finished in 9th place, far higher than Leeds fans expected. Leeds moved up to the Premier League this past year, and their fans hoped only that the team would not be relegated back down to the second division. To me, those Leeds fans sound a heck of a lot like Chicago Cubs fans, those poor damned souls. Mark has lots of friends in Leeds and the nearby suburb of Morley, and so Leeds is one of his favorite teams. After the game, I took the photograph above of Mark in the backyard of the house he shares with his brother Mike, who works at the Denver Botanical Gardens. And when not at work, Mike's favorite hobby is - get ready - gardening, which explains all the flowers in the background. Mike feels about gardens what Mark feels about soccer. Which is really saying something.
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