Butterfly bushes

One of the things I like most about living where I do is that there's butterfly bushes everywhere. On every corner I turn, I am greeted by those softly swaying purple flowers, sending their scent into the wind. They remind me of my childhood, my home, those long hot summer days in the house where I grew up. To me, they are a symbol, like so many I have seen, telling me with every step that this is where I belong.