Spring Wildflowers are in full bloom around Kalamazoo.
Two sunny weekends in a row made it easy to enjoy them. Last weekend, Russ Forest in Cass County was full of people walking, wading in the stream, and riding horses. There were more flowers than human. The Spring Beauty were so prolific, I could see their tiny flowers from the highway without slowing down.
Dowagaic Woods had fewer people but more flowers. We saw everything from hepatica to bloodroot to trillium in bloom. It felt like the season for ephemeral wildflowers had been compressed by the previous week's snow and that weekend's unseasonable warmth.
The Kalamazoo Nature Center had their Earth Day celebration this
Saturday and their timing was perfect. Dutchman's Breeches, Blue-eyed
Mary, Marsh Marigold, Squirrel Corn, and Spring Beauty were all in
flower.
(not) Feeding America
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Fox 17 West Michigan reported on Monday that Feeding America West Michigan
has learned that the USDA has "paused" 32 truckloads of food scheduled to
arrive...
3 days ago
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