“Mahhhh-thur Na-churrrr is the smart-est gal we knooooo-wah!” Thalia retrieves yesterday’s stash from the marsh and arranges it on a purplish-burgundy background.
“She employs —” Nia pulls a burr from her sleeve, “a variety of methods to keep —”
“— keeeeeeep ‘er movin!” Tal offers her best hometown language twist.
“Burrs stick… seeds drop… the winged take flight…” Cal looks up clover, “… and some roots are hearty enough to survive winter… under the dirt.”
I am not really a career person; I am a gardener, basically.
~ John Lennon
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
~Audre Lorde
A note from LoveLetterist:
One of my favorite lessons to teach kindergartners in autumn was the many ways in which plants spread and survive from year to year.
Burrs and other sticky seeds attach to animal fur and later drop off.
Some seeds drop, and nestle in close to home, while others take flight.
The children got a big kick out of learning that some seeds are eaten and later pooped out in new locations.
Poop is incredibly funny stuff for the five-year-old crowd.
Here is my interpretation of the Audre Lorde quote:
Humans are a part of nature.
I have faith that there is a Master (Mother Nature, God, Great Mystery... something bigger than you or me) that will not allow us to destroy what it has created.
What do you think about that?
What a LoveLetter! Looking at this array of plant types reminds me of a Rorschach ink blot. Listing what I’m seeing might exceed the SubStack limit, or frighten other readers. Not all. Penny Nelson invited readers to send her scary tales as she announced the release of her new book!
In tempo with today’s image I discovered I was transporting Beggar’s Lice on my fur! Er, jeans... No Spanish Bayonets so far, but their time is coming! The use of degrading terms or weapons suggests quite a foxhole?! Quite nice to see how this project set the Muses’ minds churning fresh material for the post.
Thanks, too, for the John Lennon quote!