These daffodils that began opening yesterday, and I photographed today, were not the first flowers to blossom at our farm.
Earlier this week I spotted these coltsfoot blossoms.
Although coltsfoot is usually thought of as a weed, this wild plant is edible and offers medicinal properties. Check out this link http://www.ediblewildfood.com/coltsfoot.aspx to learn more about it.
Lastly I will leave you with a photo of these beautiful pansies that my husband rescued for me 🙂 from work today.
It would have been tragic to let these beauties die when they can instead make somebody smile.
Thanks for visiting and have a beautiful day.
Isn’t it wonderful! We see the same flowers every spring yet it feels like the first time ever when they finally bloom. Every year I take pictures and post them on FB.
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I suppose that is the good thing about winter. If the flowers bloomed year round we would probably not appreciate them as much. 🙂
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Hey Ruth, l have just gifted you the VBA – Versatile Blogger Award.
https://aguycalledbloke.blog/2019/04/22/the-versatile-blogger-award-3/
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Rory, thank you so much for this gift. I usually don’t accept award nomination because they can be time consuming and I should instead be putting time into drafts I have started, but since this is a gift instead of a nomination I humbly accept.
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Absolute pleasure Ruth, l know what you mean .. l changed the way l handle them because of the time factors as well as other things that slightly irked me about them.
This way, it’s more of a ‘recognition’ thing and as discussed, a gifted compliment 🙂
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Yours are a little ahead of ours right now–I’m dying to see those lovely yellow tops any time soon!
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I hope you see them soon! 🙂
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It’s lovely to see the start of new buds and flowers! Those pansies are really pretty too 🙂
And you’ve educated me in this post as I don’t think I’d even heard of coltsfoot before!
Hope you’re having a lovely Easter weekend xx
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I am always happy when someone learns something from my blog. Thanks for letting me know, Caz. Sunday was beautiful here and so is today. I hope you have a great week as well my friend. ♥
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Love those pansies!! Good for your husband for rescuing them for you!
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Aren’t they gorgeous? Hopefully it will warm up this week so I can’t get some planted. Happy Easter, Faye.
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The pansies are so bright and beautiful – a homeowner on the next block always has the yellow and purple combo and if it ever stop raining I’m going to take a picture of them. Your daffodils look cheery as well. Happy Easter Ruth – put those daffs in a vase on your holiday table.
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The pansies certainly brighten things up. I love daffodils – I always think Yellow is a happy color – it makes me smile – so having them blossom when everything else is gray or brown is lovely.
Happy Easter to you as well Linda. 🙂
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Yes, they are cheerful, bobbing their heads toward you when you pass. Thank you Ruth.
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Your husband works at the flower orphanage?
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Our home has become the flower orphanage. He collects all of the unwanted flowers and brings them home and we care for them until we find adoptive homes for them. 🙂 ♥
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That’s awesome!
Have a Happy Easter!
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Happy Easter to you!
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We have coltsfoot on the mountain at the cabin. Interesting link , I like that soaking the blooms in honey could help a cough. I’ll have to remember to try it
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Coltsfoot is one of the herbs I haven’t tried yet. It blossoms early but seems to be gone quickly.
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