Breather. Pulmonaria officinalis, Lungwort, De Ruige Hof, De Hoge Dijk, Abcoude, The Netherlands

Under a still glum sky I went to the nature reserve De Hoge Dijk between Amsterdam and Abcoude for a breather. Soon I found myself (and Olymp) in De Ruige Hof (=rough garden), a nicely maintained ecological park with lots of ditches and canals. A bit a spring green here and there; even some early wildflowers.

Here's Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis. It is said - from the Middle Ages onward - that those white spots on the foliage signify the Virgin's tears on Good Friday... Lungwort flourishes in the weeks around Easter.

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