Introducing Lepgrass

Skunk cabbage is the most curious plant, the way it grows up like large claws trying to pry its way out of the damp ground. We live near the Swift River and, in the Spring, take many walks along its banks to watch the melted snow make its expeditious journey from its frozen Winter home to new territory. Along these banks skunk cabbage and fiddleheads curl and stretch, happily waking up to welcome Spring. Lepgrass came into being following one of our meanderings along the Swift River. His body is a rotted out tree stump and from him wafts the dank smell of new Spring growth. But rest assured that this fellow has no malice in his heart. He wears the crown of luck that may have been bestowed upon him by a chance meeting with a Leprechaun and on his face he carries a smile. 

 

 

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very nice

Hey look! I can leave a comment with my own name on it now. (even if I am non-verified. Story of my life.) Woo Hoo! That's mine up there, too. Tee hee!

Gah! Skunk cabbage!

I had a horrible experience with skunk cabbage when I was little. I was out on a hike with my mom and brothers. I was doing what I was supposed to do... poking at stuff with a stick, when I looked up everyone was way far ahead of me and the skunk cabbage had taken to opportunity to close in! They were everywhere! I couldn't take a step in any direction without putting myself in striking distance! So I did what I was supposed to do... stood there and screamed till my mom came and picked me up. But the skunk cabbage hasn't forgotten how close they got on that day. They're still after me.

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