There is a phenomenon of people mis-hearing the lyrics of a popular song and not discovering their error until years later. A well known example is "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" rather than "'scuse me while I kiss the sky" in Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix. In a similar vein, when, as a small child, I first heard the flower in today's photograph called by its name I heard not wood anemone but "wooden enemy". The wooden enemies are in flower at the moment, taking advantage of the light before the trees' leaves fully open and make the woodland floor darker.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
