At the affirmative answer, Nel beams to her Mum and immediately turns to look for an open spot in the yard where she can grow a flower for demonstration. “Okay! I’ll make a really pretty one for you!” Finding a place next to the walk, she reaches to take her mother’s hand and tug her the short distance from the house to the open patch unoccupied by the mature poppies. “I can’t make many yet, but when I touch one, I feel like I know exactly how it should look!”

Once she makes it to the spot, she’ll let her Mum’s hand go and squat down to lay her bare hands flat on the ground. Then, she looks up to her mother to make sure she is watching.