This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA (Thanks to Joe Haupt) It’s Valentine’s Day today, so here’s wishing all you lovers out there a wonderful day, even if you haven’t yet found the love of your life. The world needs all the loving people it can get. I just read a bit about how during the C19th when Germany wanted to encourage orcharding, it decreed that all newlyweds must plant a fruit tree. I think that’s a lovely idea which wouldn't go amiss today. I have just planted a lemon tree. A lemon might not sound all that romantic but it does symbolise cleanliness, purity and even fertility. Just think of it as aspirational. In the meantime, it has a lovely scent and if it produces any lemons, that will be a bonus as they are extremely expensive here at the moment. There is a lovely song about Love and Lemon Trees , though it isn't all that happy. I have been looking at the Language of Flowers to see what it had to say about how to express one’s lov...
Veronika Wild
Practising Geographer - nature culture places people