Challenged by ewkaw's post in which she brilliantly captured the tiny flowers that burst out of the ground at this time of year, I found myself this morning on my way to the gym with an immense carpet of bright green, dotted almost perfectly with tiny yellow dots.
The heavy rains of the last few days, first storm Jana and now Konrad, which is currently affecting the whole of Portugal, especially the coastal area, have made the little seeds that were lying dormant in the surface layers sprout and break through the green carpet.
You might think that the green carpet was some kind of grass, but it wasn't, it was the verdant foliage of the sourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae). Its yellow petals, some not yet fully open as the day had just dawned, left little doubt.
I remember plucking these flowers by the stem as a child and sucking on the stem for its sour taste, which gives it its name. Who else did this? Does anyone remember?
Amidst the carpet of sourgrass, the small Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica) appear like little bros, shorter, but making a difference...
Just like the little daisies (Bellia annua), which, with their simplicity, add a touch of perfection to this little corner.
And as I got closer to the ground, the desire to capture these little beings with the macro of my smartphone (which isn't fantastic for this type of photography, but it did the trick), I found myself entering a world of a different dimension.
Imagining those little beings breaking through the soil, just to have a little time to bloom, to be pollinated and then return to their dormancy, made life and my morning take on a different meaning.
When we connect with nature, we quickly realise our true importance and dimension.
Photos made with Samsung A40
Photographic edition with PhotoScape X
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Classification with PlantNet (https://plantnet.org/en/)
