Friday, May 9, 2008

Liver-lobed finches and red-crested trout lilies

The scrapblog editor and her pal Heather M., who shares her highly fashionable interests in forest flora, bird songs and rock collecting, went walking Thursday in the lovely Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, part of Minneapolis' Wirth Park, which may be the finest urban park in America. We were searching for early spring flowers, and found them in abundance -- hepatica, trout lilies, various kinds of trillium, anemone, bloodroot, skunk cabbage, marsh marigolds. Unfortunately, the scrapblog editor's memory gets worse all the time, and she kept getting their names mixed up. But no matter -- they are pretty no matter what you call them. Above, the lovely trout lily. At right, Somekinda Wort, at least that's what Heather called it. However, Heather knew the scientific names of things -- very cool! The scientific name for Heather is Flora Finda. The scientific name for the scrapblog editor is Iforgotta Thatone.

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