Now June is here. The yellow daisy faces (Bush Sunflower,
Encelia californica) that used to greet me on my walk have gone to seed, replaced by the soft yellow of mustard flowers (Black Mustard,
Brassica nigra), naturalized long ago from Spain (that grain weed from the "old world"). Normally, I might overlook them, as I commune with the daisies. Yet, they were here all along, waiting to take their place in my
focus.
Soon after that, some efficient landowner came and cut down the daisies, the mustards, and all the tall, yellow waving grass in the meadow. It's the annual "weed clearance time". I will miss the cheery yellow faces as June ushers in Summer.
I walk further. The man who owns
this property is not as efficient! I enjoy
his mustards. I collect
his daisy seeds. And I spread them like Johnny Appleseed on my way back home.
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