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The wonder of life – potato skins

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Rosalie Squires

Oh the wonder of potato skins Rooting on my window sill! The tuber, meant to sustain new life I have eaten. Its atoms, calories, molecules Are part of me. All it has left are the skins I discarded With their … Continue reading →

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Ginger – life fights back

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Rosalie Squires

  After a while a new growing tip emerged from the chewed top which opened into a very stunted leaf. The next one had its tip missing. But hey! It’s still growing! Life is stronger than destruction.

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Crazy cacti

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Rosalie Squires

A thing of beauty is a joy forever A strange kind of beauty these plants have Yet living And growing They still express joy.

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