On last Saturday’s hike, Anna and I saw hundreds
of pasque flowers. Pasque is French for Easter, which, in many climes, is
when pasque flowers usually bloom. Easter has long since come and gone, but in
the high altitudes of Wyoming, winter has barely bid her farewells! (I did see
one big snowdrift that had yet to melt.)
Said to be quite poisonous, the little lavender
wildflowers are also called prairie crocuses, meadow anemones, or wind flowers.
The pasque flowers’ bracts, stems, and leaves are so covered with fine hairs
that they are positively furry! Could it be that pasque flowers are so wooly
because they need to stay warm?
“…Complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual
understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness,
and generous love….” –2 PETER 1:5-7 (MSG)
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