Round Robin Photo Challenge...Weeds Can Be Pretty Too!

I am so glad that Kim over at Nekked Lizard Adventures come up with a Round Robin Photo Challenge that I can really relate to. Our yard is filled with wonderful, colorful weeds. Believe it or not I actually used to plant Goldenrod in our flower beds because they added so much color and they grew like the bad weeds that they are. But not any more, Michael has so many tree and plant allergies, I am a little more careful as to what we plant. But at this point in our 6 year plan to have the yard looking great, I'd take that darn old Goldenrod.

One morning before anyone was up, even the neighbors, Ella the dog and I went for a walk in the backyard. I never took the time to look so closely at the weeds. Dandelions and those pesky broad leaf things are what I concentrate on when pulling weeds. Here are three beauties that I found hiding out....A clover. I can remember sitting in our yard as a little girl with the neighbor girls...we would sit for hours and make necklaces, bracelets, and crowns from this clover. I think I remember them smelling so sweet. And just that little touch of pink next to the stem. I remember that bees also enjoy clover. Many a bee did I step on as a child with no problems. But now as an adult I have to carry an epipen just in case. I think I am correct when I say that this is a wild onion. I will know for sure in a few day when it blooms. I thought that the transparent onion skin was really unique. It almost looked like an alien trapped in a bubble looking at me with hundreds of eyes. I love to smell the wild onions after the grass is cut. Such a summer smell for me. I don't know but they say that these are poison. My parents always told me not to eat them because they would make me sick. So in turn, that is what I have told my children. Wild strawberries are growing under the wild morning glories that are growing wild in the vinca vine. I told you that we had a lot of wild things in our yard.

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