I’ve written about coltsfoot so many springs now. About waiting for them, about picking them, about drying them carefully for tea. It has become something like a rhythm — not a strict ritual, but a familiar return.
2017: https://latvianmom.com/2017/04/21/coltsfoot-is-blooming/
2018: https://latvianmom.com/2018/04/25/coltsfoot-finally/
2025: https://latvianmom.com/2025/04/02/coltsfoot-the-hidden-guardian-of-spring/
But this year feels… different.
I have changed. And somehow, I feel like I need more than tea — something for the soul.
I didn’t go out with a plan. No basket, no thought of jars or drying racks. I only picked a few flowers, just enough to hold in one hand. And all that — only a few steps away from my living room.
I placed them between two pieces of cardboard and slid them under a pile of heavy books. I don’t really have a plan for them, but I know I wanted to preserve this moment.
Just a small piece of this moment.
Maybe that’s what I needed this spring.
Ilze
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Beautiful photos. The one with the bee is amazing. Happy Spring.
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Thank you, Mags! Happy Spring to you too!
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Thank you!
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Coltsfoot! some has just appeared in my garden and I realy like it!
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They usually are where they need to be 🙂 They love heavy, damp and disturbed soils… it’s what we have around the house… terrible for gardening, but good for native plants 🙂
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I wish that we could make time stand still, Ilze.
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Am looking and shaking my head . . . if you have this as part of your native flora they are so in Estonia also . . . and, at the moment, I feel they are very pretty strangers I was not aware could be turned into tea . . . a trip to Eesti needed! And – your interest at the moment just may be on different matters . . . be well . . .
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I am ‘quick’ with ‘homework’ 🙂 ! In Estonian called ‘paiseleht’ or ‘blister’ or ‘sore’ leaf used as tea for coughs and colds – Ha! What one can learn in the early morning 🙂 !
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OMG, I just answered the previous comment 🙂
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latvian: parastā māllēpe
english: Colt’s-foot
german: Huflattich
estonian: paiseleht
🙂
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You ARE a good teacher. Ma’am 🙂 !
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