A lady who works with my husband loves plants. She can name every wild flora and fauna in the area. Unfortunately, she lives in town and doesn't get to enjoy the great outdoors as much as she'd like to so we invited her and her husband over for a "rose walk" tonight.
The wild roses are brilliant right now, and while I certainly appreciate their beauty, I found out tonight just how much I take them for granted. It took us half an hour to walk around the trails on our property that normally take me four minutes flat to get around. We stopped at every little flower, vine and thistle while we were taught what they were and what they were useful for. What an eye opener! Apparently we could live quite fine off our yard - we have pot scrubbing plants, mattress stuffing plants, salad making plants, tea making plants. You name it, it's within eyesight of our house.
It's good to be reminded of the preciousness of nature. I appreciated our nature walk tonight and the passion this lady has for all things green (and white, purple, pink, red ....). A.
