Late windflowers were still in bloom, and early bluebells made lovely atmospheric patches under the trees, just as though a bit of the sky had fallen, as in the oft-told tale of "Cockie Lockie."
"Jan and Her Job"
L. Allen Harker
If I see aright, there are some pale windflowers blowing yonder, beside that old tree, though it is full early for them still.
"A Book of Quaker Saints"
Lucy Violet Hodgkin
She had espied the few, first, faint windflowers as soon as she entered the wood; but, without her aunt's permission, it would never have entered her head to suggest that she might gather them.
"A Book of Quaker Saints"
Lucy Violet Hodgkin