May 9, 2009

We went to the native plant sale today, held at the UW Arboretum.  It was to see the large expanse of prairie within the woods, still charred from its annual burn.  We saw 3 wild turkeys roaming around the grounds.  

I purchased 4 mayapples and 1 butterfly weed ($16); all the trout lilies were gone by the time we were there; so I will just wait until next year to place them in my shady bit of land.  I might get some bloodroot, too, sweet little flowers they have.

In the afternoon, my cousin and her boyfriend visited, and we had lunch at the Great Dane Pub. They both look swell and make a nice couple.  The boyfriend works in Virginia, though, and she lives in Bloomington, MN, so they do fly quite a bit to see each other, and noticed that fares are starting to go up again overall.