If a suddenly black and white world had one additional color…one object in its original hue…I would choose green. Green is by no means my favorite color; in fact everyone who was ever in the army probably hates green. But its function in that drab industry is to blend in with plants–the objects I would wish to continue highlighting. What is our planet, if not alive? What evidence and sustainment of life can there be, without plants?
I take both insult and solace during my commute when I notice a weed sprouting from an unlikely location…the middle of a parking lot or the top of a stop sign…when I cannot get that patch in the backyard to sprout $40 worth of Home Depot profits. I admire the tenacity, if not the calculated spite, of these little clinging warriors.
Johnny Appleseed had the right idea. So does Georgia-Pacific, on a slightly larger scale. It dumbfounds me that we could have a reality show glorifying the cretins who mine for gold by destroying the environment without sufficiently stabilizing or restoring their handiwork to its original, literal quality of life.
We have another set of reality shows, dedicated to the poor souls who sit atop enormous arsenals, in preparation for the next apocalyptic scenario. One cannot carry more than about five firearms at a time, so I suppose these little bastions will need to be defended to the death. I sure wish that gunpowder had the secondary quality of being edible. Perhaps the better investment would have been approximately three firearms, and as many $1.79 seed packets as one can carry (that being about ‘leventy dozen). Prepping on cheap, that might be the better ticket..
We journey to counties far and wide at this time of year to see fall colors. We might not have to journey so far, if we had kept more of our own communities in their original color palate. I believe we need to stay cognizant of green, wherever it can be encouraged. Yeah, that’s the color I’d keep, and keep track of.
And I would then be able to also enjoy the further, continuing adventure of staring into my wife’s intoxicating green eyes.
GO GREEN!
Green is the color I would choose, too, because it’s my absolute favorite. My love of nature also plays into my choice.
Intoxicating, huh? Thanks! 🙂