It has become tradition to take a wildflower walk every May with our beloved friend (and local wildflower expert) Pat Oppenheim. In years past, she has always blessed us with a personally guided tour --- and quiz --- on all the different wildflowers. This year, she's nursing a broken hip but was still gracious enough to let us enjoy her sanctuary.
We went a little later in May than usual and missed the triumphant display of trillium, but saw an entirely new blanket of wildflowers instead.
Below is the "sugar shack" (where maple syrup was once made) with a blanket of nameless and numberless wildflowers in the foreground. My buddy Rae joined me on the hike and then enjoyed a chat with Pat by the pond.
And . . . believe it or not, Pat usually pays us before we leave --- with fresh produce from the garden!!!
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