Tuesday, 8:30 AM. 63 degrees, wind SW, brisk. The channel is crawling, the sky is partly overcast and the barometer predicts rain.
Soapwort (also called bouncing bet) is a common roadside weed or wildflower (take your pick of terms) long escaped from gardens. It is a rather effective ornamental, its common name indicating an old use, its mucilaginous juices forming a lather when mixed with water. It had, and still has a number of medicinal uses, too obscure to detail here.
The Denver contingent arrived yesterday before dinner, Eva, Doug, Nick and Kattie and little dog Ronnie. Final Count: 7 adults, three children, and six dogs. If we run out of soap we will do a little roadside plant collecting.
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