Rowan the Selfsame<p>A fortunate series of events took place in these last two days.</p><p>I thought I dropped my phone outside as I was on my way in at <a href="https://c.im/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunset</span></a>, so i searched outside with my flashlights.</p><p>My <a href="https://c.im/tags/neighbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neighbor</span></a> was bringing her <a href="https://c.im/tags/doggy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doggy</span></a> out for potty time and struck up a conversation. She invited me on a <a href="https://c.im/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>walk</span></a> this morning.</p><p>She had noticed a <a href="https://c.im/tags/hunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hunter</span></a>'s stand in our back yard, so she brought me to investigate it. I should figure out how it got there...</p><p>Then she showed me <a href="https://c.im/tags/ferns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ferns</span></a> by the side of a path she had mown in her own yard — I had no idea there were ferns this near me! — and she kindly dug one for me to <a href="https://c.im/tags/transplant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transplant</span></a>.</p><p>There were so many <a href="https://c.im/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>! (At the end of our walk, a <a href="https://c.im/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> of thousands flew over us.)</p><p>And when we got back to her house, she also dug up a few plants as <a href="https://c.im/tags/groundcover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundcover</span></a> for me, as I had admired them, and she let me take a handful of <a href="https://c.im/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a> from the only remaining <a href="https://c.im/tags/birch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birch</span></a> tree on her plot to sow as I see fit.</p><p>I must have a dozen new plant species to incorporate into the <a href="https://c.im/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forest</span></a>, now!</p><p>What's more? She wants to help me bridge our back yards with her other neighbor to create a neighborly <a href="https://c.im/tags/park" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>park</span></a> for <a href="https://c.im/tags/leisure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leisure</span></a>!</p><p>I am STOKED for <a href="https://c.im/tags/springtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springtime</span></a>! What a great <a href="https://c.im/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autumn</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> I've had!</p>