Greetings friends! Happy Saturday to you. A warm welcome to all of my new subscribers who met me last weekend at the Gardening For Life Celebration in Polk County. It was fun seeing you in person, and I look forward to having you on board here to share my blog posts.
It’s been a long break from my weekly puzzlers, but I’m ready to get started once again. For those of you just joining us, I do a puzzler every Saturday and then answer it the following weekend. Today is the first day to get your name in the quarterly drawing–next up on the first day of summer in June, so you have lots of chances. I’ll give more details below the post.
If you have spent any time this winter hiking, you’ve most likely come across today’s puzzler. It starts out as an intact brown cone, but as the days go by, each “petal” in the flower falls off. When these are on the ground, they blend in and mix with the leaves. And they are sharp on one end! As I learned when walking bare foot in spaces they are found.
Here are some photos:
I know some of you will recognize this! If you want to get your name in the next drawling, all you have to do is use the comment box below to give your guess. You don’t have to be correct! But you do have to guess and be a blog subscriber. Each week, I take all of the names who’ve guessed and add them to a bowl. Then, on the first day of the next season–summer– I’ll pull one winner and send you a free greeting card sampler pack. I hope you’ll start today! The more you comment, the more times your name will be in the bowl and the greater your chances for winning. Oh, and just so you know, the reason you have to fill out the form when you’re first commenting, is that if I don’t have this step, I get TONS of spam comments, especially from people wanting to get their website, or name, or other social media published and some of it is vulgar, offensive and not welcome.
Good luck! And have a fabulous weekend! See you again soon.
That is American Tulip Tree (AKA Yellow Poplay)
Hey Nolan, thanks for taking time to read and comment! And yes, you are correct. Have a great day.
The plant that produces this structure most likely doesn’t occur in Ontario or Canada, but it is likely wicked to rake.
Hey Murray! So nice to hear from you again. Do you have tulip poplar trees in Canada? That’s what this is from. Enjoy your day, and see you again soon.
Tulip Poplar Tree
Deborah, yes, you are correct! I was beginning to think no one was going to get it. Thanks for reading and taking time to comment. Your name has been added to the drawing.