Day 314: When something dries out, it shrinks. That's an inescapable fact. And logically, the more water it has to lose, the rate of shrinkage will be different. Obviously, a cherry tomato would shrink more than a similarly-sized walnut meat simply because it has a higher water content. Nevertheless, having seen dried milkweed pods, I was not expecting fresh ones to be quite so enormous! These are already four inches long. Taking a tangential detour in the discourse here, and having come face-to-face with my own mortality at my annual checkup, I have to wonder if the next owner of this property will appreciate the inheritance of botanical diversity my garden supports: milkweed, Akebia, kiwi vines, gooseberries, a medlar tree, and hiding under leaves, a treasured stick which sprouts aqua-blue fungus with the arrival of autumnal humidity.
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