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| AMELANCHIER LAEVIS |
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| AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS |
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| THIS SIGN SAYS IT ALL |
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| CREEPING PHLOX...PHLOX STOLONIFERA |
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| RECLAIM WISCONSIN...FROM THE UNION BOSSES! |
Wednesday, 7:40 AM. 46 degrees F, wind N, calm. The sky is mostly overcast except on the far eastern horizon. The humidity is high and the barometer predicts rain for the third consecutive day. A few anticipatory drops fell as we walked this morning
The Juneberies (Amelanchier species) are really beginning to bloom in earnest now, A, Canadensis has silver-wooly young leaves and is usually shrubby; A. laevis has smooth, red-purple young leaves and tends to be more tree-like The blossoms of both species are quite similar. The ranges of these two species overlap so both are present in northern Wisconsin. There are a number of other less common Juneberry species throughout North America which I am not familiar with.
Creeping Phlox, Phlox stolonifera, is blooming in sunny spots in gardens and rock walls.
The recall election for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is getting closer, and the sign wars are heating up. Hwy. 13 between Ashland and Bayfield has sprouted many signs, some home made and others professional. The anti-Walker signs went up first, the pro-Walker signs are more recent but are becoming quite numerous. On the whole this is a very liberal area (lots of reasons I won’t go into now) so it is surprising to see the extent of the resistance movement. I have put a “We Stand With Walker” sticker on the truck but haven’t put up a yard sign as yet. I’m waiting to see what the neighbors do.
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