New Flower

Ironweed - TTR Roadside

Found a new flower blooming this morning on my walk - just one, but I had to bring it home with me to show you, too.  Finally found it in my book - Ironweed, but I could't decide which one. Anyhow, what a delight to discover it.  There are a very few daisies in bloom, but the climbing butterfly pea is gone now.....Began cleaning out pantry and found a Whole Foods sack with lentils in it stuffed way back behind the bottles of vinegar.  So, cooking them now. ....Still collecting figs and cooking them up couple times a week, and enjoying them on my cereal.  Amazing how sweet they are with no sweetener added, no nothing except enough water to cook them.  Then, the fruit goes into the freezer and the juice goes into my tonic water cocktail in the evenings.  The blender does a great job of turning them into a spread with almond butter on english muffins.  Heard somewhere figs are source of potassium.