Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser May Ist! Some folks think of fieldwork, some of gardening RED WING SHOES BOOT thatw OVERTI WOR K HARD ALLENSVILLE Allensville Shoe Shop Fisher Harness & Box 7 State Route Shoe Shop on: Brandywine Shoe Shop Box 156 Rt. 2 1620 Cambridge Rd. KUTZTOWN Waynes Dry Goods 271-273 W. Main St. 215-683-7686 and others of wild flowers. By this time, many are already fin- Fitting You Right Is Our #1 Priority. MADISONBURG Star Route, Box 47 MARTINSB Zimmerman Harness RD 2 Box 36 814-793-3961 Lost Creek Shoe Shop RD #1 Box 88 ished blooming. The bloodroot with it’s bleeding stems and the liverleaf of hepatica bloomed in March. Indians dyed their clothes and blankets with the orange-red juice from the blood root plant. Today it’s roots are used in making cough medi cines. The other Sunday afternoon, a group from our church, visited Shenk’s Wildflower Preserve in the lower end of Lancaster coun ty. Here one can not only see a variety of woodland flowers but a vast quantity of wild flowers. There are hillsides covered with MILLERSB Tall Pines Country Store 796 Kessler Rd 717-362-3024 (voice mail only) Books Shoe Service __ _ ■;,SS R^^teN'G s' Igag RE Leo’s Shoe Store Godfrey St. 717-933-8169 HER; Virginia bluebells. These often have pink buds before they open. There were large quanti ties s of Dutchman’s Breeches whose flowers resemble clothes worn by Hollanders. As we walked along the wide paths, with many other people, we saw a few Jack-in-the-pulpit plants and quite a few yellow Adder’s Tongue sometimes called dogtooth violet. There were also Solomon’s Seal and blue phlox. The meadow where our house is located contains some of these Red Wing Shoe Store 237 Baltimore Pike 215-544-1664 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1, 1999-611 wild flowers but not as many as years ago when I took my younger sisters for spring walks. My father’s sheep destroyed some plants but they could not reach the wild columbines that grew anchored in rock crevices. May first also reminds me of the special day when we were told to wash our faces in the dew if we wanted to get rid of our freckles. Of course, we did not dare to speak to anyone before we crept outside to rub our faces in the grass. What a silly routine that was. Made in U.S.A.
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