Awaiting the Day

Two days ago (Tuesday 22nd September) was the due date of our baby. Nowadays babies are classed as full-term (i.e. not premature) at 37 weeks and can be expected to normally come between then and 42 weeks.  As the old phrase goes, “It’ll come when it’s ready.” You never know which day it’ll come, though there may well be signs, you’ve got to be ready at all times.

Aspen

Aspen trees, members of the Salicaceae family and of the popular group, are quite a special breed. You see, a whole forest of trees can actually be a single organism connected through the roots. Though the individual stems can have only existed for a matter of 150 years or so, the single organism can have existed for thousands and thousands of years. Protected underground this species can even survive forest fires.