WISTERIA

did you know that Wisteria is no different than a weed.

A vine with its delicate flower clusters, 

very much resembling bunches of grapes.

winds its way up trees and telephone poles.

Can be shaped to wind its way around a trellis,

its flowers hanging down from the trellis top.

Also able to be pruned into a bush,

it nevertheless stretches and grows,

always yearning to connect to a solid base

and wind around and around,

always reaching out and up.

The flowers are extremely sensitive to rain, 

withering and then blooming again

even more prolifically.

I, like the Wisteria, am sensitive,withering on occasion.

Like the Wisteria, I also am stronger when the rain has left

and the sun is shining again.

Like the Wisteria, growth is ongoing, reaching and rising with always extending. 

AVOCADO

Uncle Russ began growing this tree.

He placed toothpicks in its side to rest on the edge of a glass,

poured water to cover most of it.

Roots grew.

Sprouts bore leaves.

Finally, rich with roots and leaves, he planted it with soil in a pot.

He nurtured it as it grew for five years.

When it was about three feet tall, we planted it on the north side of the house.

It grew for five years showing no signs of bearing fruit.

It grew to be about twenty feet tall.

This year, 2017, the tree is chock full of tiny avocados.

Hopefully the weather will permit their maturation.

The lawn man warns that all the avocados may fall off, but next year there will be an abundant harvest.