these are not the greatest photos, but they show a little of what is happening out back as we try to reduce the rat enticements (vegetables). a little nicotiana plant has become huge, with endless purple blooms. the white carrot flowers stand taller than me. all kinds of nasturtiums are showing up. onions have flowered into perfect white globes and the arugula is flowering and peppery and covered with seed pods. a few forget-me-not seeds have arrived, uninvited but welcome. peaches, strawberries, and raspberries are appearing, and i need to figure out a way to protect them. there are tiny baby birds hopping from branch to branch and chirping in the cestrum tree. a thin empty nest sits in the peach tree. hummingbirds boldly sip from the fuschia just inches from me as i take a photo.
these rats came in and messed with what i wanted to do, and now the backyard is full of unplanned and beautiful things.
i am trying to think of other parts of my life in a similar way. there will be some good out of some of the frankly crummy stuff going on in the world of education right now, i just can't predict exactly what it will be. a now-child's novel about growing up, 20 years from now. a child learning how to protect herself. a friendship. a playground full of fruit trees. a sea change. who knows?
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