Monday: it didn't always have a bad name

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[OT from cottage renovations]

so pretty, and so deserving to be the State Flower of Colorado.  it was fine for a high school to be named for it, but then something horrible happened there and Columbine took on a different meaning. 

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Maple Road

Aquilegia

it's worthwhile if one can dissociate for a moment and just look at these blossoms. 
what happened wasn't the plant's fault.