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Lazy Days of Summer
Jul. 5th, 2015 06:18 pmHere are some random summer photos:
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There is a Honeysuckle vine growing on the side of my workshop. I planted it because it reminded me of pleasant memories from my long-ago childhood. When I was about 7, there was lots of wild Honeysuckle growing in the woods near our house on Long Island. My friend, Robby, showed me how to pick a flower, carefully snapping it off below the little bulb at its base, then pinch and slowly pull off that bulb, which pulled the pistol through the flower, collecting the nectar out of the trumpet of the flower until it formed a tiny drop at the flower's base. If you deposited that tiny drop on your tongue, you were treated to the most wonderful, sweet flavor, better than any candy. Robby and I, along with the other kids on the block would spend hours combing the woods for Honeysuckle vines and enjoying their sweet nectar.
I tried a couple of flowers today, delighting in that sweet nectar that I hadn't tasted since I was a kid.
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1.
There is a Honeysuckle vine growing on the side of my workshop. I planted it because it reminded me of pleasant memories from my long-ago childhood. When I was about 7, there was lots of wild Honeysuckle growing in the woods near our house on Long Island. My friend, Robby, showed me how to pick a flower, carefully snapping it off below the little bulb at its base, then pinch and slowly pull off that bulb, which pulled the pistol through the flower, collecting the nectar out of the trumpet of the flower until it formed a tiny drop at the flower's base. If you deposited that tiny drop on your tongue, you were treated to the most wonderful, sweet flavor, better than any candy. Robby and I, along with the other kids on the block would spend hours combing the woods for Honeysuckle vines and enjoying their sweet nectar.
I tried a couple of flowers today, delighting in that sweet nectar that I hadn't tasted since I was a kid.
( Click for Seven More Photos )
