Two eyes!

My oldest boy (by five minutes),loves to stop and smell the flowers. He also likes to check out interesting plants. Here he is with a small sample of euphorbia. He thinks it looks like two eyes an I am glad he has come up with a way to identify with this plant, the challenge is to remind him not to pick plants without permission as plants such as euphorbia can sometimes have a milky sap that is an irritant or even poisonous. So while I don't want to discourage his investigations and connections I want I foster a healthy respect of living things. We will do this by continuing to make connections to what he sees: finding other "two eyed" creatures, planting in our own garden, and continuing to learn that we should always ask before picking plants!

Likewise, I should become a better model for working with plants and use gloves as I garden around plants that might be skin irritants. We also can continue to discuss both how plants attract pollinators and also how they protect themselves.