The Tenacity of Life
In this season of weeds, plants find some remarkable, unexpected places to take root. Your Boulevardier spotted these shoots under the eaves in the strip mall which houses Peet's Coffee in Castro Valley on Redwood Road. (The pictured vegetation grows close to the Payless Shoe Store.)
The seeds for these two different varieties of plant, it would seem, were carried to this unlikely spot by birds who have built nests under the eaves. It's not certain how the seeds received water to germinate, but clearly they did. Now the young plants are reaching for light and producing blossoms.
It's a wonderful image of spring, rebirth, and the tenacity of life on our fragile earth.
Labels: cool, gardening, nature, plants, Redwood Road
posted by Your Boulevardier @ 10:31 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
Maybe the birds spit on them.
We have a nice crop of weeds growing in the crack of our patio cement.
I am a huge fan of nature.
My dear neighbors are quite anal about their yards and I know mine drives them to distraction! I think it's fun, but it certainly is not manicured....
Each year, I have huge admiration for the weeds that spring up in the concrete cracks and the huge crack in my driveway that is surely part of the Hayward fault (it goes across the street and up into the driveway across from me...).
I won't use chemicals but about once a year I bow to my neighbor's sensibilities and yank/trim/pour boiling water on these brave concrete plants that actually find a way to create LIFE in a CRACK with no water, besides what comes in spring and winter.
Last year was very busy for me and I did not get around to my annual assault on those weeds...I was amazed one day to get home from work to find that they were GONE!
Apparently, some gracious neighbor was so appalled by the sight that they took it upon themselves to rid my cement of anything life-like.
I'd prefer that they attack the mold in my shower, though... That one bugs me quite a bit more...
I appreciated your post very much!
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