Two bunches!

The two bunches of three apples drew my attention while on a walk in the garden of Katherine and Peter Makower!

Nature brings us surprises of all sort.

It was not the similarity as much as the pattern of bunches two and three apples in the apple tree that struck me! The apples hang from the branches with no sign of stress on their weight! They swing freely in the breeze!

This interests me because it reveals a lot about the order, pattern and synchrony that exist in nature! The gardener who works for us recently drew my attention to the symmetry he noticed in the leaves of some plants. The leaves form a circular pattern around the stem and the leaves below being placed in between the space of the leaves above, avoiding any leaf be in the shadow of the other. The nature's way of making sure that each leaf has enough sunlight!

We carry shades of opinion about the creation story and we continue to debate over it! Instead, I wonder whether we can pause and ponder over the mystery we see all around us! That would make us more worshipful!

We need a sense of wonder. Our grandson Ethan, who is just over one year now, educated me in to this art of beholding!

He was trying to hold the running water from a tap with a palmar grasp! Every time he opened his palm, he was disappointed to see it empty! He kept trying for a while. Seeing his enthusiasm, I helped him to open his palm just below the tap. He was suddenly surprised that he had a handful of water in his palm! 

To grow in a sense of wonder we need the spirit of beholding-looking beyond the obvious!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)