A lot of the snow has melted but there are still no wildflowers blooming. The Jack-in-the-Pulpit also called Parson-in-the-Pulpit seems like an appropriate picture to post on a Sunday. Jack (or Parson) in the Pulpit alludes to the resemblance of the spadix (Jack) in the spathe (Pulpit) to a country parson perched on an elevated stand over his congregation.

One would think that they could have given the preacher a better name than Jack since it sounds like Jack-in-the-box. Now Luke, John, Paul, Mark, James, Daniel, Nathan or Peter would be a better sounding name for a preacher.

Parson-in-the-Pulpit

There is no sun out today to shine on the Jack-in-the-pulpits even if the snow wasn’t two feet deep but if they were blooming, ‘Jack’ would need a hood to keep the snow off his head this weekend since more snow predicted.

Jack Will Need a Hood

According to the ‘official groundhog’ prediction, spring was supposed to be early and come in four weeks. Well the four weeks are up and it is snowing this morning so my groundhog was right this time, not that I wanted him to right. And since I am waiting for spring, I think this week’s theme will be search for spring wildflowers.

And while the Jack-in-the-pulpit doesn’t have bright colors, it is at least green instead of white!

Jack-in-the-pulpit