Learning to See the Beauty of Nature in Our Gardens
Getting last sun, warm on my neck, my shadow long into the flower bed, purple faces look up at me, geraniums taking in the warm sun too, and not wilting in the heat. These geraniums are found nowhere else that I know of. Spread by cuttings from neighbor to neighbor, they say “Topanga” to me. [...]
I am Manzanita, a chaparral bush in Southern California. I can sense that fire is coming.. I have lived here without fire for over 30 years. I yearn to burn and make new growth! Smoke is in the air.. Soon fire beetles will flock to me from far away to mate on my branches as [...]
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