Silence

Most of the time, where we live…all of us, we are conditioned to some ambient noise. It can be road noise, air conditioner noise, or TV noise. We are startled when the electricity goes off for some reason and all the noise stops.   Even street lights are dark, clocks are stopped, even all the blinking lights we are so used to have gone out.  We are in total silence.

Imagine living far away from any noise at all.  Imagine that the refrigerator or water heater coming on occasionally is all you hear. The only noises aside from that are the birds declaring territory or searching for a mate. The noise from the creek or the noise from rain on the roof can be deafening, but wonderful.  Deer clatter through the woods when they are spooked by something.  

And the whipoorwills wake us up in the morning.

We live in such a place.  It is divine.

The road to our house

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PIckerel Rush

PIckerel plants were plentiful in the Nature Wildlife Center's trail in Mandeville, LA last weekend.  It's another shoreline plant that loves to have its feet in a few inches of water. Not only is is pretty during it's spring blooming season, but fish love to hide in it and bees and other beneficial bugs love its nectar. Spreading by rhizomes, it stabilizes shorelines. 

If you don't keep it contained in a pot in your pond, it can be invasive as most aquatic plants are.

It is a soft plant, so when you are potting it up or putting the pot in your pond,   be careful not to break the leaves.  The soft blue flowers will put on a show for you in the spring.

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