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The bluest of blue flowers of a tiny earth-hugging plant is a sure sign of spring for me. I found a patch in our driveway, and it looked as if a bit of blue sky had fallen. These very early blue flowers appear just when I long for spring color and am winter weary.
The odd thing about the flowers is that they close in on themselves and disappear — or seem to — at the slightest change such as rain, a cold wind, a cloudy day or even the sun disappearing behind a cloud for a few minutes.
The common names are “speedwell” and “bird’s eye.” The origin of the first is curious, and I will get to that. Bird’s eye baffles me, for I have only seen one bird with a blue eye — a fledgling raven, just out of the nest.
Speedwell, with its cobalt-blue
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