“Plants are nature’s alchemists, expert at transforming water, soil and sunlight into an array of precious substances, many of them beyond the ability of human beings to conceive, much less manufacture.”

― Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World

This is my favourite place to sit each morning. Coffee in hand. Maybe a book. Or just doing nothing… listening for the cogs of alchemy and watching the sundial shaft creep across the carpet.