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honeysuckle.   it's blooming.   I never would have imagined when i came here that honeysuckle would bloom and under it's shadowed  strong woody stems worms weave worlds and worlds and worlds.

Down by where i crossed over a fallen branch,  over the stream,  over to the other side of that place of the creek of my childhood,  the creek and the earth down that long hill from the house where the other people lived,  down there where i could turn rotting logs and there would be salamanders and newts,  that place that was my Mother,  how those salamanders were like velvet moving,  moving velvet in my palm,  the smell of it

now so Far from that,  honeysuckle blooms and the lizards are on the move,  skittering

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6 responses to “above and below”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar

    your years of tending the land showing you where the micro-climates are, the sheltered spots, the protected nooks that develop over time allowing space for the more delicate plants, the fierce wind places where only the toughest plants will thrive, the ephemerals that pop up & help point out those spaces, other spots that are strangely warm & mist where mist rises in the cool of dawn…

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  2. Valerianna Avatar

    I’ve not been around honeysuckle in years, but I, too remember honeysuckle, and a small pool full of salamanders. 🙂

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  3. Deb G Avatar

    Honeysuckle is one of my absolute favorite flowers/scents. I’ve struggled to get it to grow here and it’s finally reaching out and growing this year.

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  4. grace Avatar

    i learn like i am blind and groping….sensing…not knowing
    or remembering
    the land and it’s People are forgiving and continue to teach me

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  5. grace Avatar

    those salamander ponds Imprint us

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  6. grace Avatar

    this plant was given to me last year. I dug it in, not expecting
    anything. With very minimum attention during the winter, it’s
    exploding with it’s Self, Strong, Blossoming, extending the beauty Full tendrils…????????????? who would have imagined…………

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