Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem

Cowslip, Göteborg, May 15th, 2001

Springtime for the lawn mower
and time enough for me to salvage the poor flower of the stray cowslip
growing in the lawn by the next cluster of buildings
- the plant is so tiny that before I learned its landmarks I kept thinking it lost
people asked: Lose your key?

For the Stars of Bethlehem
the time is simply
past the flowering season

Gagea lutea  
Vårlök i februari, i mars och i april
Liliaceae

Eva Ekeblad, 2001

Primula veris
Gullviva i februari, i april, i augusti och i maj

watch it two years later!!