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Rob "Shoe" Glenesk
Posts Tagged ‘wild flowers’
Many Gifts
Posted in Short Stories, tagged art, blog, creativity, inspiration, quotes, Rob "Shoe" Glenesk, things, wild flowers on July 6, 2021| 3 Comments »
Buffalo Beans
Posted in Media Room, Short Stories, tagged Alberta, blog, buffalo beans, creative writing, dye, First Nations People, natural healing, nature, prairie, wild flowers on June 8, 2021| 4 Comments »
This golden flower is known as a buffalo bean, prairie bean, golden banner and prairie pea. These flowers bloom during 
late May or early June. The buffalo bean can be found in open sandy areas of the prairie and aspen forests where water tables are high.
The golden bean flowers were once used as a cure for stomach disease and its roots used as a horse medicine.
Dye was made from the yellow flowers and used by the First Nations People to color arrows and skin bags.
Most importantly, the appearance of this golden pea-like flower was used as a form of phenology (study of nature) by the First Nations People because upon its arrival, the spring hunt for buffalo bulls could resume.
Warning: The pea shaped pods of a buffalo bean should never be consumed as they are poisonous!
Prairie Smoke!
Posted in Media Room, Short Stories, tagged blog, creative writing, native americans, old man's whiskers, prairie, smoke, three flowered avens, tuberculosis, wild flowers on June 1, 2021| 14 Comments »
I don’t mind spotting this type of smoke on the prairie!
This little flower is called, ‘Prairie Smoke.’ Otherwise known as Geum triflorum, three flowered avens or old man’s whiskers.
The flowers on this perennial herbaceous plant bloom from mid-spring to early summer.
They grow wild on the prairie but you can also purchase them from your local greenhouse and plant them as perennials in your flower garden.
Native Americans and early settlers once used the root from the Prairie Smoke to treat colic, fever, coughs and stomach ailments with tea made from its roots.
It was even used in the treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) an infectious disease that affects the lungs and other parts of the body.
International Women’s Day
Posted in Compositions, tagged blog, community, human rights, inspiration, international, motivational, nature, wild flowers, women, world on March 8, 2021| 6 Comments »
For all women; past, present and future: as we grow in wisdom, strength and unity to blossom into the unique wildflowers that we are, let us continue to support and empower others with grace. May our grace transform world chaos into beauty by simply accepting our true unbiased nature.
