And another thing... I work “in the biz.” People truly ARE ignorant of the Natural World all around them. They can hardly identify a Geranium in a pot on the front porch fer Pete’s Sake, let alone know what tree is in their front yard.
I take great pride in being the ‘Go-To Gal’ at work. I have one of those minds that holds facts about plants, trees, shrubs, veggies, seeds, grasses, you name it.
You know; like guys that remember who was up to bat in the 3rd inning of the 1953 World Series? And what the pitch was? And what the result was? And if the sun was in his eyes or not? :)
While I'm not THAT bad (wink) -- the 10yo did have a great "GOTCHA" moment on ,e back in about September. I asked her to go out to the "kitchen" garden and get me some parsley. She put her hands on her little hips and looked at me and stated matter-of-factly "Mommy, that is cilantro, not parsley out there." Danged if the little snippet wasn't correct..........
FOTFLOL!!!
That is SOOOOOO true!
Thanks and regards from the socialist left coast.
Can I introduce an aspect to this discussion please?
My point was sort of - that most liberal “environmental” advocates really haven’t been outdoors much. There are some hardcore Earth-first sorts who actually spend time in the woods, but mostly they’re operating 100% on their programmed agenda.
Mostly they’re shut-in leftist Moveon sort activists, who have never spent a night in a tent without whining, never been in the wild, and never really listened to a forest.
They even hate Boy Scouts! I mean, sheesh. What sort of hypocrisy is that?
Yet they have the nerve to feign some sort of authority, on the subject of nature.
Liberals don’t know anything about nature!
Liberals know Starbucks. And San Francisco.
Conservatives, know nature.