April 3, 2019 Garden Moods, John Burroughs, Kate Brandegee, Rebecca Salsbury Palfrey Utter, William Glassley, Magnifying Glass, Trilliums, and the Wake-Robin

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Monologue

As I was preparing for today's show, I kept thinking about this quote from John Burrows:

"... One's own landscape comes in time to be a sort of outlying part of himself;

he has sowed himself broadcast upon it, and it reflects his own moods and feelings;

he is sensitive to the verge of the horizon:

cut those trees, he bleeds;

mar those hills, and he suffers."

Think about your own landscape.
What does it reflect about your mood and feelings if it is an outlying part of yourself?
Is it controlled and manicured?
Wild and woolly?
Relaxed and comfortable?
Unsure or confused?
Where are you today?
Where were you a year ago?
Five years ago?
Ten years ago?
Where do you want to be this season?

We are not static. As my youngest son said to be the first time he ate spaghetti sauce on his noodles, "People can change, Mom."

We are not static… and our gardens aren't either.

Botanical History On This Day

1837 John Burroughs, naturalist, poet, and philosopher, was born on this day. Known as “John o’ Birds,” he wrote with tenderness about the Catskills, friendship with Walt Whitman, and the seasonal signs that awaken both birds and people.

1920 Kate Brandegee, a pioneering American botanist and mentor, died on this day. A fearless collector and generous scholar, she helped shape California botany and restored lost herbaria with quiet resolve.

Unearthed Words

Inspired by Burroughs’ beloved trillium, “The Wake-Robin” by Rebecca Salsbury Palfrey Utter celebrates spring’s shy white flower and gently scolds it for arriving after the robin has already begun to sing.

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Today's Botanic Spark

The Rule of Threes reminds us that trilliums arrive perfectly composed, with three leaves, three petals, and three sepals, a quiet geometry that signals spring’s true beginning.

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