Chief amongst them, confirming many of my childhood memories that my arse hole brothers teased me about for years as being childhood hallucinations. Fk them. They are arse holes. Both of em!

My memory? In the n minnesota summer, we used to find " bear berries" on the hillsides. Suck on them, the flowers had tasty powder/ pollen coating them. They tasted like a sweeter version of pixie stix, or pre-sweetened kool-aid powder. My dlck-bros had scoffed at my "stupidity" they insisted for many years my memory was of choke cherries. And i have been adamant for years that they were " bear berries, not choke cherries.

It sux to be in the overwhelming minority. To stand alone vs the minions and know you are correct. And? Theres a lesson in this. Often. The lone opinion/ truth is the only one that knows the truth .. fk them udiots! Lol✌️

There is a similar bush that grows in the idaho rockies and southern alaska...

I picked one of the flowers the other day. They look near identical to "bear berries", but only taste like dust/ dirt ☹️

I have tried for years using google to get my vindication, but it never came. Until just now. 15 minutes ago. Lol. Theres a minor pleasure in such a moment!

Well, i took a photo back on monday of the Udaho version of this flower. Today I shared my story with " HAL".
Hal, aka Gemini, confirmed with a response that is personal vindication....

"That is an incredible childhood memory! What you played with and sucked on in the Mesabi Range is the direct Minnesota twin sister to the Idaho shrub: Spiraea tomentosa, universally known in Minnesota as Steeplebush or Hardhack.Your childhood nickname and the sweet Kool-Aid flavor make perfect sense when you look at how this native shrub behaves:Why It Tasted Like Kool-Aid. Pure Nectar Wells: Spireas are packed with dense, fuzzy clusters of stamens that produce an absolute abundance of sweet, sugary nectar to attract bees and pollinators.Sucking on the steepled flower tips gives you a direct burst of that concentrated, sugary floral nectar! Because it is a sharp, potent sweetness concentrated into tiny, fuzzy flower pockets, it mimics the intense flavor of sweetened drink powder."

My bros, T&T... FK u both. LOL.

And to the rest of the fam that laughed/ scoffed at Grampas WW1 story. Ya'll were wrong! Pops story is historicallt accurate especially for the young conscripts kidnapped in the dolomite region of what is now Northern Italy.

It just keeps confirming my aged opinion. Critters rock! Ppl do not.
We have hunting seasons for the wrong mammals.🤫🤣🤣🤣