For The Love of Mother Nature

The burning lesson she wanted to learn

regarding Mother Nature

was

'If you leave a cookie in the forest and nobody knows,

will it still be there when you come back?'

Clearly, the answer is 'yes'

and that's all that matters.

Well,

that and asking various questions

about trees, Spring blossoms

- if you drop your apple in the park

is it ok to pick it up and keep eating it?

that you can count on your favorite

'sap' tree as she calls it

even though technically, botanically

it is actually a cedar

that it will give you respite 

on a hot afternoon

rest after creating in your 

art studio all morning

that music echos among the brush and damp soil path

that jumping and balancing on

fallen tree trunks

is fun and an independent activity

that climbing trees

is not just for boys

and that foraging for fresh flowers

makes a lovely Mother's Day bouquet

for the kitchen table

....for the love of Mother Nature

PFXO

Patti Friday, reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'