When our niece Samantha was about five years old, the coal company that owns the Property down behind the barn decided to cut timber.
We had no right to that property, but we'd treated it as if it were ours for years. We walked each day and kept the walking path maintained. Wildflowers, wild honeysuckle (azaleas) plum trees, and dogwood were everywhere.
We knew this would not be the same property once the timber was cut. Jilda and Samantha went on a search and rescue mission one day while I was at work with the phone company.
They dug up as much of the beauty as they could bring back to our farm. One of the things they brought back was what Jilda's mom and MaMaw Mamie called wild thrift. When I Googled the flower, I found that the real name is Creeping Phlox.
It appears each year around the roots of the maple tree in the front yard.
The land behind the barn has recovered, and the trees are taller now than they were when the loggers swept through.
I think it gets more beautiful every year.
We had no right to that property, but we'd treated it as if it were ours for years. We walked each day and kept the walking path maintained. Wildflowers, wild honeysuckle (azaleas) plum trees, and dogwood were everywhere.
We knew this would not be the same property once the timber was cut. Jilda and Samantha went on a search and rescue mission one day while I was at work with the phone company.
They dug up as much of the beauty as they could bring back to our farm. One of the things they brought back was what Jilda's mom and MaMaw Mamie called wild thrift. When I Googled the flower, I found that the real name is Creeping Phlox.
It appears each year around the roots of the maple tree in the front yard.
The land behind the barn has recovered, and the trees are taller now than they were when the loggers swept through.
I think it gets more beautiful every year.
