You can take the girl out of the country...

[kellinator]

I still remember my first experience with honeysuckle. We were out at my grandparents', and I found some, and my father showed me how to suck the nectar out.

On one of the paths on campus that I walk almost every day, recently I noticed a very familiar smell. Sure enough, I looked and found some honeysuckle.

I couldn't help myself. I broke off the ends, pulled out the pistils and sucked the nectar.

If anyone saw me, it probably looked so hillbilly, but I didn't care. Honeysuckle is too hard to come by.

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[polychromatic22.livejournal.com]

We have honeysuckle in the backyard. I didn't grow up in the south. So my roommate taught me how to pick the good ones, break the end off, pull the pistils out and suck the nectar.
It was yummy.
Made me think of the sweetgrass I used to love to chew on when I was a kid.

I never saw lightening bugs til I moved to the south when I was twenty, either.

Or lightening, even. Heard thunder, saw a flash in the sky, never actually saw lightening.