After our weeding work was finished for the day, we went to see how our new nannyberry was doing and realized that the lilacs were in bloom. What a pleasure on a beautiful spring day.
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| Lilacs and the new Nannyberry |
Now we looked about with new eyes. Walking east, here is another view of the lilacs.
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| Lilacs at Riel House |
Walking to the west, we realized how extensive are the groves of chokecherries at Riel House. Chokecherries are a traditional Indigenous and Métis food. From Lawrie Barkwell's Wild Fruits, Nuts and Plants Traditional Métis Foods document:
Chokecherries are called Takwahiminana by the Cree and Michif people. They call crushed or pounded chokecherries Pa-kwa-mi-na-na. Alternately the Metis refer to them as lii grenn or lii siriz.
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| Chokecherry Blossoms |
In the Parking Lot Garden, here was a new blossom for the season:
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| NORTHERN BOG VIOLET Viola nephrophylla |
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