Honeysuckle

Wild honeysuckle grows on the sides of the streets in the city and along the country roads of Nashville. I was delighted when I finally realized what it was. Honeysuckle in my section of Texas was a very domesticated plant--you didn't have it unless you planted it. We had a whole wall of it at Potosi--until we figured out it was damaging our foundation and dug it up.

Honeysuckle reminds me of the south--When I see it clinging to the trees and vines, I half expect William Faulkner to step out and wave. It is one of my favorite flowers; I remember picking the flowers and sucking the juice while growing up. And the fragrance is to die for! What a marvelous creation God gave us--simple pleasures with delightful aromas.