Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to [email protected].
The cherry trees are blooming, air redolent with their scent mixed with the daphne by the front porch. I have a deep love for the successions of spring smells emitting from the plants we tend near our home, reminders of the beauty and joy that come from the simple things in life. I stop and smell the flowers, dropping to my knees to stick my face in the hyacinths and harvesting bouquets of daffodils, narcissus, rose and daphne or cherry blossom.
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