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May 09th, 2016

5/9/2016

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Planting daisies. An act of subversion

For 20 years my family had a cottage on Good Harbor Bay in northern Michigan. I will be forever grateful to former senator Phillip Hart who fought to turn a parcel of land along Lake Michigan into a national lakeshore. WhenSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore became reality, my parents sold our cottage and the land to the government. The Park Service then removed every trace of our cottage to let the land return to a natural state. After 40 years, it is as it should be, wild and natural.
Mom had planted wild flowers, trillium, bell wort, columbine, spring beauty, and more. Last year, with the intent of keeping everything pure and indigenous, the Invasive Plant Removal crew dug up all the flowers Mom had lovingly nurtured. On Mother's Day I performed my small act of subversion. Where trillium and bell wort grew, I planted two, just two non-indigenous daisies. Mom loved daisies. I'm sure she would approve.
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