I'm easily amazed. I sliced an onion for our lunch. A few hours later I noticed the half we didn't eat, had something beginning to stick out. As more time went by, the core began to stick out even further. By the end of the day, it looked like this.
It was fascinating to me. I asked my family why they thought the onion was doing this. They all though it must have to do with pressure and moisture leaving the cut onion.
As I studied it even further, I began to wonder if many onions have two cores like this. How exactly do onions grow?
The layers remind me of tree rings. Can you tell the age of an onion based on its layers? Maybe not in years of course, but what triggers the onion to grow another layer? How does the layer count relate to onion size?
What if I push down on one of these columns? (It stopped "growing" out from the onion.)
Can I make this happen again? I don't recall other onions I've sliced doing this all that often, but have I ever taken the time to notice?
It's beautiful to me, something not commonly seen. It doesn't take much to set my mind sailing. Each question I have leads me to more wondering.
How will learning so much about onions help me? I don't know yet. All I know is onions have engaged my attention for the moment. That's part of the beauty of unschooling. I can become an onion expert for the sole reason of, it satisfies my natural curiosity. My onion obsession is all mine!
