Greens at an Uncle's Yard & Some Nostalgia

Sometime ago, I went to an uncle's place in the neighborhood. No one was home but I invited myself just the same and had a wee adventure around their yard. I was like a lil girl who found a place to play and their plants were a part of my entertainment.

Like these Lima beans for instance, which were looking so lush and green. I haven't seen this type of plant for ages, first and last time was during my childhood years while visiting a cousin's house somewhere in a mining town and it was where I learnt that they were beans and whilst there, I tasted them too. So cool to get up-close to one again.

I was told before that this type of beans grow well in warmer places but I was surprised that they were doing great at my uncle's despite the colder weather that we have here in town.

Some tiny insects have invaded a few of its pods though. I now wonder if they are still okay this time. Or maybe the pods have matured already.

I read a while back that these beans originated from Central America (Lima, Peru) and they are extremely easy and fast to grow. I actually see them as quite decorative especially when they have poles and trellis.😅

Their flowers are very interesting and curly. Them being quite tiny, it took me a while to be able to capture at least a viewable photo of them.

A few yards from the beans was a tobacco plant. It baffled me why they had grown one when nobody in their family smokes. Could it be that they want it as an ornament? Did it just grow there by itself? It is quite impossible, right? Unless a bird carried a seed from somewhere and brought it there where it germinated.

Anyway, it reminded me of my granny who used to have tobacco plants when she was still alive. I've seen how she dried their leaves and stored them on her basket. I actually just imagined her sitting by her yard, smoking on a pipe. "Puff, puff, puff", her mouth goes.😂

There was a forest fire nearby at that time and some ashes found their way to the uncle's yard and landed on the tobacco leaves.

Somewhere in their backyard, the Calla Lilies were looking good. Although some of the flowers wilted perhaps due to the summer heat. Like the tobacco plant, the lilies reminded me of grandma. She had a corner in her yard where the same type of lily grow. She usually have a few stalks of their green leaves and white flowers on a vase at her small temple room where she lights candles almost every day.

On Sundays, she picks some and brings them to church. She was a devoted Catholic and we grew up going with her to mass. Writing this, it feels like she was just with us yesterday.

This was quite an adventure! Brought back some nostalgia from years past and I love it.

Meanwhile, it's cold Tuesday morning here and power was out really early (5am) which may mean it could last until the evening. The heavy downpour yesterday afternoon may have caused some damages elsewhere that they have to cut our lines but I'm hoping it comes back sooner though.

I may just take this chance to go for an adventure somewhere near.