01 *RESCAN October 18, 1979 - AN UNPLANNED WALKA
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sixoND sEcTioN TIN tfini tfoth UflC5 OCTOBER 979
UNPLANNED WALK
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Ilave ycal ever had :,-o ur cor 1,01,100,11 and
ti,,d to waif two ,11 my
if, and I did 11-10 i1,11-- f-100
.-ft1s1 Sit :crow,. v.,. took a oulsido
Piiv,rhead. 11 hroftahl lood 11101110r1011 10
111111-1 115-1. 10 0111 11111,1
-,1,-1,1'0.0,1 01,00 0,1111,1 1110 I,01111, 11-.1,11,1
',AU, 1•',1111 '01/11,1111.. 11 0H0,0
:----0111-170101,1,1h lid.1111/i 111 OW, 1/111-1:1.
r 111,111, 0f fi/01 kortcd o
,00 00,110, f 1 1,11: Hill, ha, 11,,,
and so. when I lett, I look
1,
00 0111 ',II= V,H1 1,111,0
111,11 no,
nodorlirosii. Wel are...,
m I
Veo
only a ei die
on II. r.rOlilif■ fold me
clieslind oaks ...tn.. there
1110:1; 1,•10:011 i11,0,11,- 11,01(100
1,-111/01,1'. i`i0111 \VC loongi the mvii aeon.
11.1 idnoollinci, arid
1,1,1.1 shim,. ',Veil:1,1i. otir
schoollioys collectirig. for Hie
soil kid chanreil color lrotii
yellow rtin ol
This reminded ine of
1,,re;i1 pine harriiii aro., of kivi•iille.1
11, ,0,11, sill, al I .H.1Var ,a(1
1
not? This was then the north side of Hot
greol droinag, area lIomiorcenient ot fins
,00n come in the form ol larniliar Hoots.
There \vas 1 laurel. that too, (111
hush thot hos ,11100,- of raspberry-color--
oil 11mvers o, 11. lt's rolled sheep lourel
bccatc-J, sold ihot ,011
1) o; it th,
iilossomii. lone had lom2, piissed
found 000 1,11 1110001. 1.11,0 11 H/I0
)1 too had ils late 1,1nomer. 10
ground, as v., hcodcd dowo, we could
tall swef,t its floi,vor, dry
lone if:, surnmor splendor and il
a10001,/t al111 ik fragrance.
they ,004 111)10000-0
oakii Mori, vie, tho
1-111:111111,11-1, it HT, 100,
i•j,,,,,r101•11111,
time i11-010,1 0110
Ihircl of Todo.v hove it,
c/olinants of ilics,c ,xpairscs, nimtily to
l'ine - f0,1,10,i1 ,,S111,f,•1:01(1 10
hois :mei. of om. ,viliferness. 511 area
1 1.1 hie; it, own c.i.f.' -- its own plaids and
animals 011,1 all the 1,,,per .of 0111
111,11 J11,001011, 1,1,110170. For under
the frilur, of l,fi»g. Islan11 . it.,
nitre, still unpolluted 1001,r. But ;hot o
story ilia( shall have to wail for iitiother
time.
As we moved [ram lhe mo, with its
brittle, pale gre0n, reind,er and
puffballs shopcd like stars. wo 0:00, eon-
sciou, of a kinglet that flittod ghoul This
tiny warbler was 010.000 all
building up daily reser, in,ecis. Now
a liihiejay a,i b'5oloiIa from One Wo had
in, ailed ills len-Miry iind v.', dio
world about it.
IL started getting welter underfoot and we
could soon hear trickle of water. The
post rams ,011,HnWIli5 lip 01 1111111, 0v00,1,11
into this wei imid. Nature's ii,1 0,11C11
1,010 ;1,0 nil, :11111 costs no One 11 0,1111
HOP 0111101,11, . i111-1(1 spow.z■ as
v•orked oion:; 001-1,01010 1111000
IS 110 (.111111011,1111 10 111,04,11011i ((0' 10 01-111-
'ff'ff ,5010 0000 0, Birs. 0:
0i,e, 'Own imolhur. 11,1•111,1
1.10, 01,1ilid, 1110 '1,1,11i:111 spiraling
ire,ses, w, admired this hrighi icw01, we
hccome aware of .iolot her i)ofj, 1,0(01 () e
that consumes ill, pitch, plant.
This plant has a large hollow mtcher the
base where rain collects. The (1,51116,, of Hie
pitcher is fined with tiny. downward point-
ing hairs. Insects ire drown to 110s :10c11-
scented rainwater and fall in but '1 ((11(11 get
out because of 1)0' hairs. The result is that
the insects 1)10100 and are eventually
ilisorticrl by the plant So 1100' has cvoived
this system so Mai this 1(lant, which grows
in poor soil, lacking nutrients, can gain the
e grovilh
thcough Mis Hokin,. process
`et Nstqq,111 mocacics
the ,vas gettmg Me, 0111
,hoes and so w, vcrc lort tin n omio
ond heoci for moor kopl
Horboro turned ao old
saw sorniiilimpi
pie, of 111(1 en Hose eims o
ming. oul 10 1, 0 rt. sidromindei
,idot 11, one of he pine vesoli.M. `,1
ha,1 spent loinnuc 011010
And so, its Ihe
mere .I0c ay, miushrooms
e0ery,-111,11, 1-1-11,115 1,0,111 1111,1 1110 1,1111
1110. i(1-005111 11-11111011. 1.01101-1 111,
,I,
11.1, lilie spore,. Thon
wind 1, unlo s,nd (01 1n0,1
(('1(0 10101,5 (01 1'''', dic( 5111(1(1111
the condlic,,ns 0,0 tusi correct
tempci,ture _some deeityiiii 1).10 m'
rains lo proviiie 1110 111011,111, 001100
11011 01 1,1,10, (00100.1 0,11 1111f1r1110
Thel1 th, iniroclo will he ronootyd.
So it is in the natural world. Nature is
continually at wo,11. thc grow-
ing, the 01 1110 40114 all -1,1111 of
the cycle. The 0-111,1010 IS 1101 )1 00111-0
v,,11, but then it has boon lusted. and
improved for millions of years till pcifect,d.
• No wonder mon can only look on 0.0
for it is a miracle and o miracle for (0/ io
enjoy.
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