Nasturtium

From seed packet to the long wait until flowers bloom.  Keeping the chipmunks, ground squirrels and other plant eating critters out of them until flowers bloom is a chore.  Finally they flowers bloom and brighten our area. The flowers are edible for people and are good on salads. Munch, munch...

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.  There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."  Rachel Carson,  The Sense of Wonder


Those who marvel at the wonder of a butterfly wing, the delicate formation of the petal of a flower, the team work by a colony of ants or bee's, the shape of a cloud; even for a moment in a busy day, are the most content and happy people alive.   Bruce McElmurray, Nasturtium 8/1/12