I used to be a morning person. I'd pop out of bed and expend the majority of my energy in the first few hours of the day. I still take a stab at it. I get up and dressed, make the bed right away, but after that I have a little trouble getting going. I wish I liked coffee, cause that seems to work well for Amazing Husband. Orange juice doesn't have the same kick. This morning when I realized that I was falling into the morning blahs I decided to take the camera and head out to the labyrinth.
The idea with the labyrinth is that, with very few exceptions, we let grow whatever Mother Nature decides ought to grow there. It is interesting to watch as some plants come up strong in the Spring and then die back to make room for something else. The grasses grow TALL, some taller than I am, and then get brown and lay down making beds and burrow space for small animals. When we first began mowing the spiral it's landscape was very different than it is today.
Take, for instance, the Queen Anne's Lace or wild carrot. You can see it there in the top picture growing tall and white along the entrance to the path. The first few years we didn't see any of them at all, then last year there were just a few. This year they are beginning to cover the north edges. I've had a soft spot for QAL since I was a child and am thrilled that they have decided to join us here.
I hope this is just the beginning of them filling out to the whole spiral. Their lacey beauty is so lovely to walk among and they have an interesting carrotty fragrance.
A friend of mine, who was pulling together her wedding on the tightest of budgets used nothing but QAL in her bouquet and the table arrangements. It could not have been more beautiful. Clever girl, she.
For the first time in all these years I counted the steps in and out of the labyrinth. 660 steps round trip. Plus 228 from the house to the labyrinth and back. Nearly 900 steps for each visit. A nice little trip for both the spirit and the body.
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