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Hortiwijk grew from a lifelong wonder at watching seeds become something more. Shaped by family, horticulture, and a deep respect for the land, this space exists to share what careful observation can teach us—about plants, about place, and about our responsibility to tend what we’ve been given.
When we walk through a garden, the first things we notice are the obvious ones—the trees, the shrubs, the flowers. In most gardens, these are known. They’re labeled, recognized, or at least familiar. We say, oh, that’s this tree or that flower. Even if we don’t know the Latin name, we usually know a common one—sometimes local, sometimes idiosyncratic, sometimes surprisingly creative.
You usually notice this one indoors.
Large. Brown. Slow-moving.
Often mistaken for a stink bug — but it isn’t.
I usually notice them because of the pause.
A tiny, dark shape on a fence post or leaf edge, suddenly still—then turning unmistakably toward me. Not away. Toward. A spider that looks back…