Steve Hanks View from the Balcony painting

Steve Hanks View from the Balcony paintingSteve Hanks Silver Strand paintingSteve Hanks Holding the Family Together paintingClaude Monet Woman In A Green Dress painting
ferns. Carpet roses, lantana.The rain swiftly dissolved the crystals. The chemical seeped into the roots.In a week, the plants would yellow, drop leaves. In two weeks, they would collapse in a muck of reeking rot.Large trees would not be affected by the quantities that Corky could scatter. Lawns, flowers, shrubs, vines, and wall.Corky liked dogs. They were man’s best friend, though why they would want to fill that role remained a mystery, considering the vile nature of humanity.Now and then, when he heard a dog, he fished tasty biscuits from an inner pocket. He tossed them onto porches, over fences.In the interest of societal deconstruction, he could put aside his love of dogs and do what must be done. Sacrifices must be made.smaller trees would succumb, however, in satisfying numbers.He didn’t sow death in the landscaping of every house. One out of three, in no apparent pattern.If an entire blighted, neighbors might be drawn closer by the shared catastrophe. If some were untouched, they would become the envy of the afflicted. And might arouse suspicion.Corky’s mission was not merely to cause destruction. Any fool could wreck things. He intended also to spread dissension, distrust, discord, and despair.Occasionally a dog barked or growled from the shelter of a porch [68] where it was tethered or from within a doghouse behind a board fence or a stone