Monday, April 20, 2020

the eyes to see wild treasures


There was a time, surely not that long ago, that one of my children would burst  through the back door, leaving it wide opened in a flurry of excitement, in their little clinched fist would be a small bunch of clover heads, buttercups and dandelion flowers. With beaming faces of joy I was handed these wild treasures. 


On this April day I did not have little hands to gather these wild treasures and bring them to me, so I picked my own. 

2 comments:

Elisabeth Leake said...

I have always been a fan of those little blossoms. I always saw the flower side of things, not the weed side.

Karen said...

So sweet!

at home on Thursday

Early morning walk in the swirling snow down to the creek bed. This American Beech tree  rightfully observed, glorious in its sober cinnamon...