4/28/10 EVERYONE'S ALL DRESSED UP

A COURTIN' HE WILL GO

FROST ON THE ROOFTOPS AGAIN
PASQUE FLOWER

8:00 AM, 37.5 degrees, up 4 degrees since 7 AM, when frost was heavy on the roof tops. Wind W, calm. The sky is crystal clear, the iron ranges clearly visible on the south and southeastern horizons. The barometer predicts partly cloudy skies.
The Pasque flower, also called windflower, Anemone patens, is native to dry prairie hillsides, but is also a good garden perennial. The royal blue flowers are followed by very decorative, long lasting seed heads.
The male goldfinches are decked out in their courting clothes, brilliant golden missiles shooting among the branches.