Today is our 226th day of social distancing. It’s October 18, the 292nd day of 2020. (I’m keeping track of those things for part of my journal quilt for 2020.) We still have Queen Anne’s Lace blooming in our yard!
As I’ve shared before, I’m sending a photo to “the girls” each morning, letting the next generation of our family know that the old folks are up and at ‘em each morning; all is well. I have an album on my laptop containing these nature photos. There are daylilies, geraniums, clematis, roses, lots of wildflowers; there are rabbits and deer and mushrooms, too.
One plant stands out as being ever-present. Queen Anne’s Lace. I truly love this plant…we’ve had patches of it in the yard every year since we moved here nine years ago… but this year there are more patches and they have been blooming constantly since mid-May.
I love photographing these specimens from all angles, and I especially love the cage that forms as the flowers go to seed. I’ve collected these seeds and scattered some already, hoping that in the future, wild carrots will be EVERYWHERE!
And, in the winter, I’ll still have some…these made with needle and thread.
My mother’s silver pattern was Queen Anne’s Lace. I have it and use it all the time. I love seeing this plant growing in the wild. I need to get some for my yard!
Ok, now I’m on a silver quest!