From LilSis: Here ya go, BW. It’s not a story, but it’s the best I can do on short notice.
“THE LONELY LITTLE NASTURTIUM”
Where did the lonely little nasturtium
Come from
By hurrican’ winds blown
To a new home
Gone are the friends of yore
… Rooted at a new door
Who will see my beauty now?
Who will watch me sway and bow
Under the umbrella leaves
Caressed by the breeze
By the wind – Wendy.
Busy, busy, busy, I have been. But any time I’m on the water, it’s a good busy! This story is definitely a two-parter, and this morning I’m struggling with which images to share with you. I took close to one hundred images on Monday’s tour with an amazing young woman photographer named Christy S., who is definitely going places with her artistic abilities.
See this? Guess who has an article on Page 8? Here’s a quote from the website: The Fine Art of Jug Fishin’ Local fisherman practices his art with age-old techniques and a few new innovations. By Wendy Wilson Billiot Heather Here and I have been talking for a while about how to introduce this colorful…
We call them rain frogs. What do you call them? Once the summer rains start, these little frogs began singing their summer song. They say “c’est chaud” over and over. Does anyone know what that means? (This is my sneaky attempt to get some of our Cajun-speaking readers to come forth!)
Of boat ownership. Another term for boat is “open hole into which you pour money”. Everyone who has owned a boat learns this the hard way. Seems like something always needs maintaining or replacing or repairing. You would think by now that I would be able to circumvent these things. Alas, I still don’t have…
This past Saturday, our radio show topic was one I suggested–“women hunters”. Even though I’m not a hunter, I enjoyed moderating the show and sharing about the women hunters I’ve met this fall and what great gals they are.
One of those women hunters is an all-around outdoor woman who inspires me to the moon and back. She is Rene` Lofton Hatten, and I met her and Sammy this summer at our outdoor writer’s conference. She couldn’t believe the Bayou Woman wasn’t a hunter and invited me to the deer camp this fall, but you know how people say things to be polite and never follow through.
but somebody’s gotta do it and I love taking them to do it! We meet early in the morning at the landing . . . Load up all the volunteer planters and all the plants and chests of water During the hour-long journey, we see some interesting sights–especially if you’ve never been to coastal Louisiana…
I couldn’t have come up with that given all the time in the world. Good job.
wow, that is a true talent. I agree with Steffi, I would never have come up with that given all the creative writting classes and a tutor. My hats off to you lilsis!
Aww. Y’all are too sweet – you make me blush.
Nice poem. here’s more about nasturtium than you probably want to know:
They are orginally from Peru, but are grown everywhere now. They like full sun but will tolerate shade. many organic gardeners will tell you that nasturtium will repel bugs; i plant them with my veggies for that reason. Does it work? who knows? but they sure are pretty!
Nasturtiums are an annual but the seeds can self-sow, as yours apparently did.
You can use the leaves and flowers in salads, as others have said, and you can pickle the seeds to use as a substitute for capers, those pickled sees from the caper plant that my mother loved in potato salad. I don’t think she ever tried to use nasturtium seeds though.
Supposedly nasturtium leaves contain vitamin C and iron; the seeds are used in medications for bronchitis and urinary infections. An herbal medicinal tea (called a tisane) can be made with leaves and flowers and is used by some people as a home remedy for those disorders.
Another folk remedy made from nasturtium is supposed to be able to cure or prevent baldness, but somehow I just don’t think it would work. Imagine a man walking around with a green paste smeared on his head. I think he’d rather just be bald!
What a pretty poem! I love nasturtiums. They are one of my favorite herbs/flowers. Lovely!