Thursday, 7:30 AM. 54 degrees, wind W, calm. The channel is calm, the sky clear with some haze, and the barometer predicts rain, which we got a trace of last night.
The Pasque (Easter) flower, Anemone patens, a member of the buttercup family, is an interesting native of dry prairies and slopes. It is somewhat used as an ornamental, and has very pretty seed heads which last long after the flower is gone. Another usually overlooked flower is that of the much over-planted Norway maple, Acer platanoides.
The chipping sparrows are back, very welcome little birds with a chestnut patch on the top of their heads, and their chipping song is much heard in the yard and at the feeder.
We are heading south to Stevens Point at noon for a quarterly Urban Forestry Council meeting and Lucky gets to stay at Blue Ribbon Kennel for two nights where he will undoubtedly bark the entire time. It should be a nice drive. Joan will have brakes put on the convertible while I am in meetings. We will be back late Friday.
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