1-28-2013
It's funny
how often it happens that we have to get away to discover what was in our own
back (or front) yard all along.
The other day I was walking along 6th Avenue in
downtown Seattle
when a delectable scent tickled my nose. Like a cartoon character lured by the
aroma of warm pie, I nosed it out. There it was - narrow, shiny dark, evergreen
leaves, hung with tiny clusters of frilly white flowers - Sarcococca or Sweet
Box, beckoning from a huge concrete planter.
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| Sarcococca confusa |
When I got home, I detected the scent, for the
first time this season, of the one growing right beside my doorstep. I love
Sarcococca for its scrumptious fragrance, and also because it reminds me that
the sequence of blooming plants is like a tide that carries us out of winter.
Nature's beauty and constancy connect me with a deeper, enduring reality that
always soothes and refreshes my spirit!
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