Milkweed

When I was a little girl, I used to play in the fields behind the house. 

In the autumn, the milkweed plants would seed and the field would be full of seeds flying all around. 

One year, a girlfriend and I went out and collected the milkweed seeds thinking they'd make a great pillow stuffing. We stuffed pillow cases full of the seed pods - both open and closed and it was heavenly. There we were, in a cloud of milkweed seeds flying everywhere. They started getting in our eyes, and mouths and we decided we needed to get outta there. I'll never forget that day. 

And I still love Milkweeds. 

Thanks, Michelle, for sending these - all the way from Colorado.