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The air is spinning!
Squadrons of maple-copters
take the fertile earth.
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(c) 2014 Betty Hayes Albright
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Haiku #69 – Seeds
October 15, 2014 by Betty Hayes Albright
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I always loved those maple seeds…and in the spring they’d offer new tree for us to plant. 🙂
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Best things in life are free, as they say – we’d love playing with them, delighted with their spinning. Nature’s toys! 🙂
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I love this Betty…someone told me the botanical name for those whirlybirds is “samaras”. As kids we used to split them and wear them on our noses!
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Like Christine, this made me laugh as well. I can just picture it! We never thought of wearing them on our noses – wish we had. Maybe it’s not too late for me to try it. 🙂 (Funny how “samaras” seems to fit them well.)
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You have to split them very carefully, along the seam, with your fingernail, and carefully remove the seed, then fit the little seed-pouch over the tip, or the bridge of your nose…..hmm would our noses be too big for that now? But the earring idea is great! 🙂
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Come to think of it, someone is probably already making earrings out of those samaras and selling them on etsy…
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Cynthia, I finally gave this a try but the seed pod was dry and hard like a rock – my fingernail wouldn’t penetrate it. It was from a big leaf maple and was dried out a bit – maybe if I soaked it in water. Probably a “greener” seed pouch would be a little softer? (And maybe one from a vine maple or one of the smaller varieties?) Still love the idea, and the image in my head of a nose-copter. 🙂
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Oh this is fabulous Betty! Maple-copters, I love it! I also loved what Cynthia said about wearing them split on her nose. It made me laugh because I can only picture the ‘now’ Cynthia doing it!! 😄 xxx
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Thanks, Christine! As I said to Cynthia, maybe it’s not too late for you and me to try it! And they’d make fun earrings. 🙂
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Creative energy and beauty in both nature and your writing.
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Thank you so much, Ben. You honor me with your kind words.
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Makes me smile. A lot.
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I’m glad for that, Thomas! 🙂
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Okay, Christine….you’ve got me laughing at myself too! 🙂
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I thought I might Cynthia!! 😀
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