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Iris Logan was having a hard time growing grass at her home in St. Paul, Minnesota. So, she covered the space with stones, statues, and other art.

艾里斯·洛根 (Iris Logan) 在明尼苏达州圣保罗的家中种草遇到了困难。因此，她用石头、雕像和其他艺术品覆盖了这个空间。 

More than 30 years later, it is something of a local landmark. But to a city inspector, it is a problem. 

30多年后，它已成为当地的地标性建筑。但对于城市督察来说，这是一个问题。

Logan, who is 70, has been told to clean up the different objects, like wood and large rocks, noted after a recent inspection, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, a local newspaper reported. The City Council will look at the issue on December 6. 

据当地一家报纸报道，圣保罗先锋出版社 (St. Paul Pioneer Press) 报道称，70 岁的洛根 (Logan) 在最近一次检查后发现，已被告知要清理木头和大石头等不同物体。市议会将于 12 月 6 日审议该问题。 

Logan said the city’s actions forced her to create the art in the first place. She said city workers who were fixing the road dug so deep around one of her trees that its roots were open to the air. So, she brought in dirt, planted flowers, and added stones – and just kept adding. 

洛根说，这座城市的行为首先迫使她创作艺术。她说，正在修路的城市工作人员在她的一棵树周围挖得很深，以至于树根暴露在空气中。因此，她带了泥土，种了花，还添加了石头——而且不断添加。 

Logan said that if she likes a rock, she will try to bring it home. ”I’m a rock lover,” the former farmer from Mississippi added. 

洛根说，如果她喜欢一块石头，她会尽力把它带回家。“我是一个摇滚爱好者，”这位来自密西西比州的前农民补充道。 

Logan recently received written notice that a city official will suggest to the City Council that she be given until December 22 to clean things up. She wrote six pages of note by hand to appeal the order. The stones do not enter the street or block city vehicles, Logan wrote to answer one of the inspector’s concerns. 

洛根最近收到书面通知，一名市政府官员将建议市议会让她在 12 月 22 日之前清理干净。她手写了六页便条以对该命令提出上诉。洛根写道，这些石头不会进入街道或阻塞城市车辆，以回答检查员的一个担忧。 

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