In my defense, hydrangeas, camellias and viburnums are constants for me, but a flash of daylilies in July or a sea of ground-hugging asters in fall can give me such palpitations I will have to forego all weeding until I fully recover. I was so enamoured with asters a couple of years...
The next day we were supposed to head back to Willmar, but a huge snowstorm had covered almost the entire state. Traveling would have been treacherous, so we extended our stay one day. The snow was so bad, that when I attempted to go out birding in the middle of the day, I had to...