SPRING TIME
WILD FLOWERS

BUT at last the snow was gone, and spring came.

Spring in Klickitat County can be surpassed for beauty, and is not equaled in many places. Even though the wind does blow, the tang of the air, the sunny days and the wild flowers were something superb. First the earth was fragrant with the tiny flowers, that seemed to come through the ground blooming. There were Indian paint brush, wild violets, lupine, camas, and sun flowers, that colored the prairies different shades in their seasons. Dainty little Dutchman breeches hid shyly in the oak thickets, and rock lilies bloomed in their favorite places in the hollows.

Mother used to say that she never could find a cup to use, as we would have everything filled with flowers.