Kerfuffle

Two different news stories, one after the other on NPR a few days ago, used the word kerfuffle -- and now it's stuck in my mind, a persistent kerfuffling undercurrent. A somewhat larger kerfuffle right now is caused by my internet service, Higher Speed Internet, which I've come to understand means only slightly higher speed than dial-up. Right now it's s o o o o o slow I can't download the photo I want to post -- the always-too-early apricot blossoms in my backyard. Every year the tree is seduced into bloom by a short period of unseasonably warm temperatures in Feb. -- then is kerfuffled when winter resumes, treats the blossoms harshly and that's that -- no apricots.

Ahhhh -- kerfuffle kerfuffle kerfuffle. Perhaps this little post has exorcised that kerfuffle.

More not so unseasonable bloom observations: Bladderpod (the little mustard family yellow flower) and Perky Sue (a DYC) both seen along the trail to Valley of the Horses a few days ago when I hiked to the spot I believe will have a bloom of Pasque Flower sometime in April. I trust I'll be home from Spain in time to see it. I only have one day between that trip and the Michael Moore and American Herbalism Conference -- I've got to pack alot into that day!