This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
Friday, May 23, 2025
Columbine Chorus
Day 223: A chorus of columbines is blooming in my garden now, and this old-fashioned flower always makes me think of my grandmother for some reason. I don't recall that she had them in her yard, but I do remember being scolded when I picked them somewhere, and bit the tips off the spurs to suck the sweet nectar out. I do recall doing the same thing with my mother's nasturtiums, and I remember where they grew in the brick-framed boxes at the front of our porch, but the columbines? The only connection I make regarding them is with my grandmother. In any event, I enjoy them now for their colour, and although I love the frilly skirts of the hybrids, my favourites will always be the singles I recall from childhood. Oddly, I do not have our native red and yellow type in my collection.
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