I've been stunned and charmed that my kids are getting some education in recognising different types of trees by their leaves while they're here. In general there's more attention to plants than I had when I was a kid in England or saw in the US - so far we've had jonquil season, iris time and the "festival" of lilies of the valley during the last week of April - I've heard May day referred to as "jour de muguet." All new to me as cultural markers.
But really who can blame them when toadflax is the romantic cymbalaire and swamp milkweed is "Asclepiad incarnate? The poetic spirit and/or health and bodily care made leafy flesh?
I still can't get used to eating grenades, though.
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Date: 2011-05-09 04:06 pm (UTC)But really who can blame them when toadflax is the romantic cymbalaire and swamp milkweed is "Asclepiad incarnate? The poetic spirit and/or health and bodily care made leafy flesh?
I still can't get used to eating grenades, though.