“In all my put together born days” is an old Southern (U.S.) saying that I suspect is not used much, if any, anymore. It means, “in my whole life.”
I was just admiring our wee flower garden and noticed something I have never ever seen before. Usually one plant will push another to the side and out of the way to achieve its survival. But observe in the photo above that a narrow-looking “leaf” has pierced right through (or meshed with) its opposition. And it appears that the survival of BOTH plants has been protected! (I think there’s a good lesson here.)
The orange flower in the top photo belongs to the roundish-leafed plant. The predominantly white flower in the next photo belongs to the piercing plant.
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Vic, I see your garden speaks to you... perhaps it should to the rest of use... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKXFAGRc1w
ReplyDeleteSorry. I meant to say to "us" not "use."
ReplyDeleteThat is okay. I figured that out after a couple of minutes. ha! Seriously though, everything speaks to us. It's only a matter of how or what mode we listen with.
ReplyDeleteUpon further contemplation of what I said above, I feel the need to add this. - While I am grateful and proud of my Cherokee DNA that 'opens' me to notice things in nature, I feel I may have come across as aloof to some. The truth of it is, I simply knew, at some level, there was an interesting or philosophical lesson in my observation. I however, did not come up with my suggested "lesson" until I started putting words to the pictures. I always seem to have a need to link some kind of message to most everything I write about. Am I 'reaching'? Perhaps. That decision belongs to others.
ReplyDeleteI Love that the Survival Instincts of both kicked in. We could all take a lesson from them. No matter what happens, we can choose to survive (or Not)
ReplyDeleteSo, So true!
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