Wannaskan Almanac

And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for May 27, 2026, the twenty-first Wednesday of the year, the tenth Wednesday of spring, the fourth Wednesday of May, and the one-hundred forty-seventh day of the year, with two-hundred eighteen days remaining. Wannaska Phenology Update for May 27, 2026 Wild Plums Prunus americana — bagesaanaatig in Anishinaabe — is now blooming across Wannaskaland. Flowers are ¾ to 1 inch across with 5 white, round to egg-shaped petals with a single slender style and a spray of perfectly white, slender yellow-tipped stamens in the center. The fruit is a purplish red drupe with a thin waxy bloom, about one inch in diameter with a single hard seed inside. If you're lucky enough to find wild plums later this season, several Wannaskan Almanac readers have cherry pitters you might be able to borrow. Several Wannaskan Almanac contributors and readers recently lamented the scarcity of ripe wild plums, which are bound to be popular with other non-...