I went out back to check on the progress of our grass and discovered that it's still dead. Choosing to ignore this for the moment, I looked skyward and this is what I saw. It's a spindly Rowan tree. In European folklore it was thought to be a magical tree and protection against witches and malevolent beings. Good to know this so close to All Hallows Eve. In Celtic mythology the Rowan was called the Traveller's Tree because it prevented people from getting lost. GPS.... no worries there. In Finland and Sweden, the number of fruit on the tree was used as a predictor of the snow cover during the winter. Not likely here. It was said in England that this was the tree which the Devil hanged his mother. Huh... really? Nothing in my research about coaxing the grass to grow thick, green and lush.
Kailua, Hawaii
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