Equisetum hyemale (Horsetail family)
Welcome to August.
I've been thinking recently about my childhood.
The eldest of five children,
we grew up on "the farm."
My dad fed and raised
cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens.
He owned a few work horses
when
I was very young.
I roamed pastures,
played in the chicken house,
sneaked and chawmped raw rhubarb
from the back of the garden,
crawling on my belly,
(never called it that except for now)
so my mother wouldn't spot me
from her kitchen window.
What about
Other occupations?
Investigating the woods
and the neighboring cemetery,
climbing trees and farm buildings,
swinging on branches of the weeping willows,
chasing and catching mice during corn-picking times,
picking wildflowers,
and making pop-bead necklaces out of "snakeweed*"
(before pop-beads had been invented!).
Was life idyllic?
Perhaps.
Was it more or less than it should have been?
Never.
Equisetum hyemale (Horsetail family)
*snakeweed: Common Scouring Rush, Equisetum hyemale If you click on the name at left, you will find very interesting information about this plant!
** I borrowed the two photographs from www.missouriplants.com
Happy August!
I'm going to retreat from blogging for a couple of weeks.
A change in routine is necessary for the moment.
May you experience fine weather, great gardening conditions and no pesky insects of any kind,
and nothing "Shady!" ;-)
I've been thinking recently about my childhood.
The eldest of five children,
we grew up on "the farm."
My dad fed and raised
cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens.
He owned a few work horses
when
I was very young.
I roamed pastures,
played in the chicken house,
sneaked and chawmped raw rhubarb
from the back of the garden,
crawling on my belly,
(never called it that except for now)
so my mother wouldn't spot me
from her kitchen window.
What about
Other occupations?
Investigating the woods
and the neighboring cemetery,
climbing trees and farm buildings,
swinging on branches of the weeping willows,
chasing and catching mice during corn-picking times,
picking wildflowers,
and making pop-bead necklaces out of "snakeweed*"
(before pop-beads had been invented!).
Was life idyllic?
Perhaps.
Was it more or less than it should have been?
Never.
Equisetum hyemale (Horsetail family)
*snakeweed: Common Scouring Rush, Equisetum hyemale If you click on the name at left, you will find very interesting information about this plant!
** I borrowed the two photographs from www.missouriplants.com
Happy August!
I'm going to retreat from blogging for a couple of weeks.
A change in routine is necessary for the moment.
May you experience fine weather, great gardening conditions and no pesky insects of any kind,
and nothing "Shady!" ;-)
