white wild...

...flower

today

growing randomly by the side - of the sidewalk - seeds dropped - probably by the birds - because i see them - congregated there all the time - so i suspect them - which is fine by me - it makes that area - look very pretty - and gives me a memory - with these little whites - they look like what my mama used to have - back in the day - except she called them "pinks" - even though they're white - isn't that the strangest thing - her mama used to have them, too - these little white flowers called "pinks" - when we moved across town - one year - she (my mama) - made my daddy - dig up a whole row of them - from the old yard - replanting them along - the sidewalk of our new house - hoping they would take hold - because they were a vine-y - sort of flower - each year - growing a bit more - it was worth daddy's labor - the little "pinks" took - and we had the most fragrant sidewalk area - in the neighborhood - mama would gather those pinks - by the handful - putting them into a vase - filling the house with fragrance as well - it's a wonderful summertime - remembrance - one that makes for...

a

happy day.....