Coltsfoot hasn’t changed. I have.

Posted on by Ilze

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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12 thoughts on “Coltsfoot hasn’t changed. I have.”

    1. 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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  4. 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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    1. 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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