![Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis 1](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmMrgVcC3EBRcqbNMukN5NPniSzo8dkJt4qR2654Is9FCBD37nsb5tvtGUYtUPk0MLoS9tlMoLhxIdYgTITC3l5cFBpeqVqELj3d3DHe4p3RLrS9AtDXqgscAEEuIgwZ0CprcHjrdZxl_/s400/March+2012+n+032.jpg)
![Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis 2](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLZVQ8KtEHi8SqaewUhQxORkPiFwONcn0s2TTKqmI6Z9zxa7Ite1bim4wU0J5QRvTy2UOa0ccNKY6pYDlt7Aarg3t5IGnGe960F-dVj0X_nBHgO4DxBogqz-Kj4kjHJLVZZqW8RjZv1Qb/s400/March+2012+n+174.jpg)
So I decided to pick some of these wonderful flowers and make a salad. I read somewhere that they have a bitter taste, but that is not true at all. Arugula has a bitter taste. This is closer to the truth.
I didn't have any other greens to mix with the flowers, so I just ate those in the bowl with pepper, olive oil, and rice vinegar for dressing. It was delicious! And you could just as easily add the flowers to a regular salad, to add extra flavor, nutrition, and color.
Also, they're free! See avid forager B^4 for more.
![Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis 3](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrtCDXzQJPfUUXR6LpeANFWs-68rKPxuHKOpdZ8D21p1DKCh0UvOpef2csgkNDta82oT9gIo8QfX8Llk7Z0BSs0kFSu57e6EjGyUOkd_y_or1SS5aFvHD7rzON51XDcke8Hfsbkifpgkd/s400/March+2012+n+078.jpg)
![Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis 4](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-U97U04z4x2wbPyMDG8eSW1Nz7Poeuh3jnfIBtcvmAoBsvXD6Dq35K6rIKx58-P01G-OJq3Tr7p6uMzufvdzkRajzDwPUH7gf64OmasF5UfRKCULPuT8DMDv5Qh2pHTMbrxS8fvM8tT7/s400/March+2012+n+181.jpg)
P.S. I've taken 186 pictures since I last downloaded what was on the camera on Tuesday. Here are a few more.
![seen better days, perhaps](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWczIjF1Bfd_yOiTlBzGRQ6eKXUA5d7CBi3R64eOInBIOIjJYTIK0q9TSU5R8mAaPNoatzYbX5cc_Jlgo3ayH5QirDDJD7dXbWTZBpJmNxEFF38OJjhLPnsQrS7Fx54OoN1yCRRv52g-u/s400/March+2012+n+044.jpg)
![Moon and Venus, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 7:58:16 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJ4tKn3VFUouI3pSt_f9O84r9yXTq1Mz0uzwv4UKiuBMz6Y2FZtZsyCn4xg2HzLOg3ExvF6DwBYzdyW4N6pU42Q-R2MVexqxN1X0cOcgAVnC7RkzTL7zHxQLi8X7MFn-XfnhFmZJ0Ya8T/s400/March+2012+n+013.jpg)
![Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkwn41yw78cgyAAimebAzxU4RIaCHhf7K8nFsuK02pU1bLj5TgAjS0KwhzoE27qF5AgTNog8XbLhiy_a4nsJcph21qdmgOQ-rF9q8ldwqqPemUEBoQ60u4VOeApwd1t7LPaqTtuUtRxfg/s400/March+2012+n+057+crop.jpg)
![woodpeckers at work](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSmNgPp8d-ZpsZJdB_naeW3DfLyKwSmNMQgot6pjs2PKuSvC1k7hPtIVBz9_uDQCSE9qwy2vXR2F27v9T99yVFShIQpul-NNppVgT0BtFKBPXss_TYxAljX5kjrh33qyJJ5Q2CPhGqTUh/s400/March+2012+n+079.jpg)
Suet feeder blogging has been absent since the remote for the camera stopped working. Fortunately, this Downy Woodpecker let me approach to a point that was even closer than any I've used to date with the tripod.
![Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUB93L0e4VrrCiNN6sEl0IK8Czgk9FqIRvBEMqUWQmEYZJ5grxzyZFIGPleSGJEIhM7tI9ds12FdlQiS7T1LQA-2fOwUN0-C3txHkrOoiwKXN_HdXEkRfVN2cgxUH0sLbzg8mQuCWB2kXB/s400/March+2012+n+125+crop.jpg)
(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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