Foto Friday – A Weed or A Flower?
Weed or Flower? As a child, Queen Anne’s Lace or Wild Carrot
was one of my favorite wild flowers. So ethereal in appearance but
tough as nails – even growing by the side of the road, with no water
or fertilizer from a gardener’s hand. Just Mother Nature spreading
her bounty to the fields and by-ways of Michigan.
As an adult, I respect the perseverance of this tough customer.
A few of these plants are allowed to mature in my gardens every year.
Because I have a soft spot for this lacy rogue and it brings back
happy childhood summertime memories.
Memories of icy, cold lemonade, burgers on the grill, and a vase
of wildflowers for the picnic table on a hot, July day. Memories
of softball games in the front yard, rides to the Tastee-Freeze
for ice cream cones after supper, and chasing fireflies and
star-gazing after darkness finally fell.
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