Pasqueflower.

A very hairy member of the Pulsatilla family from north America and considered to be a sub-genus of the Anemone genus. Was brought from Mrs TD's mother's garden after she died ten years ago; a lovely way of remembering her.
Toxic but has longstanding medical applications, particularly by the Blackfoot indians.

On a completely separate front, we've just had some blinds fitted in the kitchen. The cords to operate them are short and secured to the wall to comply with "health and safety" legislation (EN13120:2009+A1:2014, released in February 2014) intended to protect toddlers; consequently, Mrs TD has to stand on a stool and lean across the work tops to open or close the blinds. It would cost me £200 to obtain a copy of the above document to check that the law is being applied correctly. While it is devastating to any family that suffers the death or injury to one of their children, there have been only 30 deaths in the last 45 years due to accidents involving window blinds (data from the RoSPA web-site); this is really trivial compared with other causes of death in small children.

I would suggest that:
Toddlers are very unlikely to be able to reach these blinds,
There are many far more hazardous things in kitchens,
An osteoporotic lady is far more likely to suffer serious injury falling off a stool and
The Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents has not got its corporate heads screwed on properly.

Edit 1: I have removed incorrect road casualty statistics from the write up.
Edit 2: I have just found a summary of the regulations on  the web: the bottom of the cord loop should not be less than 150 cm above the ground. This means that one of them in non-compliant by 20 cm while that which causes the problems is 10 cm higher than it needs to be.

I have just posted yesterday’s “Origami.”