Wildflowers and beavers at Sedge Meadow Forest Preserve along the Des Plaines River.
Blue-eyed grass, mayapple, Atlantic camas /wild hyacinth. Mayapple leaf, crane's bill/wild geranium, golden ragwort. Canadian anemone, star-of-Bethlehem (an invasive garden escapee), golden Alexander.
The beavers are active in the evening and the early morning when the forest preserve is closed. I'd love to catch a glimpse of them! (Lower right photo shows fungus neatly lined up in the grooves of the tree bark.)
This is a phenomenon known as witches' broom. Left: left over from last year. Right: this year.
This explains the cause.
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Everyone in town turns out for the fire department pancake breakfast on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. I spent $20 on tickets for the 50/50 raffle and I won! I got the call after church and walked right down to collect my winnings.
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The Stashbusters announced a challenge for June: churn dashes of the maker's choice in memory of long-time SB Marianne, who passed away in 2020. (This post is about the day I got to visit her, along with Grace and Barbara.)
By coincidence this past week I began sewing 6" churn dash blocks out of Christmas reds and greens.
I'm aiming for 90 blocks. (This is a rough draft. I have corrected the misplaced red churn (fourth from right, fourth row.)
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