“We need rain today!”
“It’s what the Mayapples say,”
cries the 1st of May.
Mayapple Plant on Forest Floor… Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
Sun-baked 1st of May Haiku
“We need rain today!”
“It’s what the Mayapples say,”
cries the 1st of May.
Mayapple Plant on Forest Floor… Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog 
Love your May Haiku and photo!
Much appreciated, Belinda! 🙂 It’s so bone dry that the moss isn’t even growing. It’s curled up and sad.
I hope you get the needed rain soon! We’re seeing colder than usual temperatures here but they say a warming trend is on the way.
We finally have the sun! Maybe the rain will head your way now 😊
We have rain in the forecast but right now it is so dry that the ground is cracking; not exactly spring weather!
Oh my! I do hope some rain falls your way! It was 82 here today…no spring, right to summer..blech
Hope you get some rain soon. We are on tap for storms
tonight and tomorrow.
Rain is in our forecast but it continues to be extremely dry; today we are supposed to get a high of 85!
What are Mayapples?
Small ground plants in the woods that tend to grow in groups; they like to socialize. When it gets very dry, they get shiny and droopy.
Lovely image.
Thanks, Jazz! 🙂 Stay perceptive and caring.
You must make a little rain dance, it helps, Thomas, regards Mitza
🙂
I don’t know how to do proper rain dances, Mitza. There are no Native Americans around to teach me; they were all brutally killed, not that long ago, in a genocide by the white man (who rationalized things by calling them “savages.)”
Yes, Thomas, that‘s unfortunately true and they could have learned a lot from their wisdom, not to ravage and plunder the world. I have a deep feeling for the Native Americans since I was a kid. When I was in Boston once I saw a Navajo and he was so beautiful 🙂
Regards Mitza
🙂
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a Mayapple. Mayhaw, yes. Is the Mayapple edible for humans, or is it only a treat for birds and animals?
Well, even though i’m a vegetarian, you won’t find me snacking on any. They are mildly poisonous. The wild deer even avoid them.
I’ll wish some rain for you and keep my fingers crossed – we are having rain Wednesday evening and Thursday and Friday as well. Too bad Michigan can’t share with Illinois. Interesting-looking bright-green Mayapple nestled in the dark leaves … I’ve never seen one before.
We have it scheduled for Wednesday thru Friday too. We hope it happens. I used to live in Colon, Michigan, on Long Lake. I loved the vegetarian alternative foods there (that were mostly because of all of the 7th Day Adventists).
We will get the rain a little before you do (we hope)!