While mowing this morning, I found a white spider lily near the fence.
I have several of these planted near the fence, and I mowed around it, to let those bulbs flower. Around the oak tree in the front yard, I have several of the red variety. They signal the coming of autumn, and while I know that we still have hot weather in September, they are a harbinger of cooler temperatures.
Mother used to say they were the half-way mark in hurricane season and that it was bad luck to mess with them. If she caught me cutting one with the mower there was hell to pay -- Opelousas and Algiers in the 50s and 60s. Thinking back on it her match was a bit off, but even if I'd known it then I'd have kept it to myself.
ReplyDeleteUh, that's "math" not "match."
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