Beltane Waning Flower Moon
We had a light frost last night. Many flowers are now gone, tulips mostly, and a few leaves have that sickly green color that comes from burst cells in the stem. The weather service has predictions of 29 tonight, that means I’ll for sure have to cover the sensitive plants this evening.
A really busy week last week with several trips in and out of the cities, meetings or events at various times of day and three days in a row at the MIA. It’s nice to have a few days where I can organize my time on my own. Not like there’s nothing to do, of course. My three bee colonies each will need inspection today or tomorrow and there’s weeding and other gardening chores. Latin, chapter 14 in Wheelock, will put me half-way through this text, usually used for a year long college level course. Then I’ll tackle my next four verses in Ovid. There is also a tour to prepare.
This is supposed to be the last or next to last week of the legislative session, but the Minnesota Supreme court’s ruling on Pawlenty’s unallotments of last fall has thrown the whole situation into a big mess. We may end up with a special session, in which case the legislative committee’s work is not yet done. You may have seen that the Minnesota House voted to lift the moratorium on nuclear energy though with some important provisions. Until such legislation is also passed in the Senate, worked out in conference committee, then signed by the Governor, it is not law.
