29 October 2020

... with Milkweeds...

Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts

I happen to know Milkweeds through the story of Monarch butterflies...
  For Monarchs, Milkweeds are partners in survival.
  They feed their young, and endow them with toxins that guard their lives.
 
We do not like to have Milkweeds around for fear of their toxins,
  and a misbelief that they will choke those plants we love...
     ... so their beauty passes... each season... with Monarchs being the only ones to notice...

Wachusett Meadow: ... skinny, leafless, with tufts of seeds...

Wachusett Meadow: ... in shining outburst...

Wachusett Meadow: ... of release...

Wachusett Meadow: ... when stars descent...

Wachusett Meadow: ... and touch the grass...

Wachusett Meadow: ... in reflective motions of the autumn...