In the final
mass banquet served to our local insects, goldenrods bloom through September.
The swaths and spots of gold that please our eyes provide essential energy to
the insects' preparations for winter, for continuation of the species if not
the individual.
The
goldenrods themselves are remarkable in reserving their vigor through months of
uncertain rain until this season when they have the attention of pollinators
mostly to themselves. Their green parts stay fit and succulent all summer to
achieve this.
All sorts of
intriguing creatures fly in for the sustenance. They may at other times be
carnivores or herbivores. At the moment flowers fill the bill.
People stay
on reasonably good terms with honeybees whose overwintering plan accumulates
honey that we share-crop.
When it
comes to flies the benefit to us is not so clear. Nevertheless goldenrods open
their stamens to all comers who join in pollination. Perhaps you agree that the
flies give spark to an innocent scene.
Other
encounters are freighted with deeper wariness, whether inborn or acquired
through a sting from an equally defensive wasp.
Certainly
hornets are temperamentally and physically equipped to hold their ground with
mere humans. They sport bold markings rather than camouflage as a warning of
their potency.
The delicately limbed
manage to find a place among the strong. The abundance of the offering keeps
peace.
At rest the
fast-flying denizens of Halibut Point are available to us for curiosity and
wonder.
Their
improbabilities variously stimulate love and loathing. Our best management
plans aspire to allowances for all. That is our rational power.
For the bugs
it's basic: keep it going.
Rationality
summons the alignment of our impulses with wisdom. Our sense of beauty invites
us to recognize that all is one.
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