The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a record that we can refer to in the future as we try to understand the patterns of nature that are quietly unwinding around us. |
It is that time of year for maple seed propellers. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You probably are like me and played with them as a kid. Nature has crafted an exquisite design capable of carrying them far from the tree.
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In the center of the top picture, I also placed an American Elm seed wafer. This old elm is tall and healthy on the edge of our property. It is fairly isolated and has escaped the dreaded disease that killed most of the others. Each spring, it produces these dime sized seed wafers. I pray each year the wind will blow them away from my house and driveway for the week they are dropping. In ten years here, I have had no such luck. I swear that 98% of them blow and drift into my garage. The rest get stuck in every nook and cranny where they start growing with the next rains. I am pulling the little sprouts all year long. Nature again has her way of providing for survival.
Your turn. What have you got going on in your backyard today? Step up to the stump and give us all a good holler. Let us know from what parts you hail and if you be friend or foe.
Be careful not to get tangled up in that orange thing down there and fall on your face.