This morning I saw the grass growing – seriously. On my drive to work I pass a stretch of grass that gets mowed regularly. It must have been a couple of days since the crew mowed the patch the last time. When I passed by this morning it just struck me how fast the stems for the blooms have grown out of the grass, now standing one foot tall. Each of these little plants found the conditions just right to grow the blooms with all the energy they had inside of them. One foot tall! Compared to the plant’s size that’s humongous, even when you consider the roots. But it happens every year. Makes me wonder if the plant stores all the molecules to grow the stem inside of the plant, or if it sucks in all the material just in time, when it grows it. Don’t worry, I haven’t gone mad, but this is truly amazing if you think about it. My body doesn’t grow *anything* that size in a couple of days. Not even close!