During the lock down period in the spring of 2020, when everything was put on hold and everyday life was gloomy, Nature seemed totally indifferent to our case and thrived without any restraint.
There was this curious paradox between our rules of social distancing, the real danger of contamination, and the plant kingdom’s vital impulse to mix with everything: its pollen carried by the wind settling on the animals, landing thousands of kilometers away, its scent diffused in the atmosphere, with odorous molecules penetrating our nostrils and lungs.