Leucanthemums and lavender, Polygonaceae and Daucus Carota

This post will use the word carry quite often so here is God speaking first: ‘ And even to your old age with your grey hair I am He who will carry you; I have made you and I will deliver you.’

Isaiah 46:4

Then Peter saying something a little different: ‘ Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God… giving all your worries to Him; for He cares about you.’

1Peter 5:7

Then Jesus speaks: ‘ Come to me, all of you who are burdened and I will give you rest. Learn about me and take my way of meekness and humility and find rest for yourself.’ Matthew 11: 28 -29 ( Sandy has made these her own.)

Here are two vases of vegetation. The first vase has two plants: I purposefully cut the Leucanthemuns to help the plants redirect their resources to root survival and moisture retention during this extreme weather. The lavender stems I cut because I accidently stepped on a bare,brown branch as I was working with the stems of the Leucanthemums.

I brought them in together in an unusual togetherness.

I was sorry to accidently break the lavender because there were still many insects feeding on it. I then found this out which I will share with you.

A lavender flower tube holds a microscopic amount of nectar – roughly 0.02 microliters and a bee completely drains this in 1 to 3 seconds. The bee then leaves behind a temporary chemical footprint ( scent mark) that other bees and itself smell and skip the flower, knowing it has already been emptied. This scent mark fades exactly as the flower begins to secrete fresh nectar again.

I also found out that during severe summer droughts plants like cardoon don’t produce as much nectar which affects pollinaters. The plant prioritizes survival.

My second vase is representative of the fields we have been walking through which have often had the red-browns of Polygonaceae standing tall amongst the yellow of the long grasses.

And the Daucus Carota in white and then like an umbrella taken by the wind it is turned inside out and becomes the palest of green.

Here are these two together in a vase.

The detail of two: one from each vase.

Queen Anne’s Lace and Shasta daisy. These are their everyday names.

So where did you use the word carry? Well, the flowers carry nectar and I got lost as I travelled.

Two vases of different vegetation and I need to go and carry water before the sun comes through!

Take care,

Sandy 🙂

Ps

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it is the way you carry it.

Lou Holtz

And

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

Ann Landers