Properly, we made one other image and now it’s in! Whew.
“Nasties” being the nickname for nasturtiums, given to them by a long-time buddy of mama who, alas, is now not with us.
I by no means knew her as a result of mama met her in Los Angeles someday at a communal compost pile and she or he was from Texas, too, and…get this…a cheerleader on the faculty that was mama’s faculty’s rival and the place MAMA was a cheerleader. Jeez, Louise, discuss serendipitous conferences, no matter which means.
Nasties in all their glory.
What’s a cheerleader, anyway? Do they nonetheless exist? Sounds dinosauric to me, haha.
So – to get on with this story: Mama’s buddy, Sandy, liked “nasties” and she or he and mama planted them everywhere in the neighborhood. Even now, mama carries a pocketfull of nastiurtium seeds together with her in spring to tuck them right here and there within the flower bins of our little villlage, a type of shock deal with for the city.
However proper now, they’re going bananas in our backyard and we needed to share their pleasant magnificence with you.
By the best way, the leaves make fantastic pesto and the flowers, which style like capers, go into salads or might be woven right into a crown for just a little princess. Or prince, for that matter.
Simply thought we’d throw this one in…kiwi flowers! They usually scent good, too. It’s simply that my nostril can’t attain up that prime, haha.
