In awe of nature’s bounty on a glorious September day

In awe of nature’s bounty on a glorious September day

The foliage and the beech nuts on the trees bordering our garden are burgeoning, with husks and seeds falling in their thousands onto the earth beneath. What’s the point? Procreation?

Surely, a couple of hundred seeds should be enough to allow for the serendipitous arrival of one seed on a compatible piece of ground where it could grow into a tree? Nature is generous or even extravagant.