Friday, October 3, 2008

Nature's playground

Welcome to nature's playground.. discvoer little gems of wonder.. of many a child's play..that is, before Disney channel and internet caught up. But never too late..

Step closer to the white fluffies and blow at them gently .. forget regression therapy.. it will bring out the gleeful child in you instantly..





When this wildberries ripen, the black seeds split out of the pods. It is quite sweet in taste so keep chewing. Then creep up to someone and stick your tongue out! (Btw, it probably be a while before you lose that dark bluish purple stain in your mouth.) ;)




See those green pods behind the flower? Each holds a tiny fruits with a spike. Before plastic toy guns arrived, these fruits were used as 'ammunition' on roughly shaven wooden guns with a rubber bands as triggers! For an afternoon of make believe battlefield fun.. and ouch..it can hurt a bit!




And 'money' did grow on trees those days... ;) Thick, coin like and abundant.. used as fake money for imaginary 'shopping trips'.





>>There remains one more plant, the instant bubble plant.. you just need to snap off a stalk, bent it and blow into its oozing gum and you get bubbles! Still trying to locate it though.