A Spiral Seeded Thing

A small link between Texas and Malta. Medicago orbicularis is a small member of the legume family, with a minute yellow bloom that may go unnoticed in the verges of your paths and roads. 

The seedpods, on the other hand! 

Our new home has a sadly neglected lawn and garden - which I will be working on this evening - and we have the little Medick in abundance. When I was searching for identification, I was surprised and delighted to see that the site which popped up was for Malta's wildflowers. You see, I'd been using that site to research for the short story I wrote set on Malta. 

You can find my story in this anthology, and you'll see how I used description of the vegetation to give the characters realistic cover, and add some depth to my tale. I didn't get too far into the weeds with it, though! 

The little springy-spirals of seed pods connect me to the island I've never visited in a very real and fun way. I'm appreciating it, even if it shouldn't be in my lawn. Besides which, the design of them is lovely, and now I'm trying to figure out if I can dry and preserve them to appreciate them up close in an arrangement.