Just Wo(a)ndering!!

  Flowers: I never longed for a bunch, actually I rather not pluck them..  but always enjoyed seeing them sprout in the spring amongst the dead leaves as I resumed my walks. When winter’s cold ebbs, they peak through the debris left from the fall, the mulching leaves and brush. In the last 2 years, I see myself paying closer attention to flowers than I did prior to the pandemic. Below are a few instances of note….may be a pattern! So I am thinking :  with the pandemic dictating our lives, there is nostalgia and longing to visit the familiar and to create an ambience and environment we unconsciously miss. I thus indulge in this simple pleasure… learning about the plants I grew up with, surrounding myself with them? how long is this interest going to last ?  If you read this tell me what new thing interested you during the pandemic that is not really your thing to do…or may be it was .. just not till now.. ·     Dead Man’s flower - The official name is ...

 a long time ago, it started with a conversation .. didn't realize it at that time, but i came to grasp the wisdom of her words a few years later... why would you wait to be given flowers... if you want flowers, go plant a garden for heaven's sake!  a couple of decades later, here is a poem with that sentiment.. let me know if it strikes a chord with you... Wait , Wait , Wait?  What are you waiting for ? Someone to give you flowers or a box of chocolates on Valentines day or anyday ? Plant a garden for every flower you desire , Goto town at a chocolate factory! Wait , Wait , Wait?  What are you waiting for ? Someone to be nice to you or considerate, to be happy today or anyday? You be nice to yourself, you consider yourself in every decision you make! decide to be happy , no matter what! Wait , Wait , Wait?  What are you waiting for ? Someone to see the world with ? someone to walk hand in hand? The world awaits you and your hand is in God’s hand. Take his hand ...