noons
The early corn was in by mid April . About the first full moon of May the main crop was planted . Early in June Judith , walking in the wood , brought home the splendid red wood lily , and a cluster too of `` ratsbane , '' with its flowers like a little crown of white wax . The spring restlessness was over throughout all the wild country ; life no longer stirred and rustled ; the leaves hung still in the long sunny noons . The air was clear , rinsed with frequent showers ; the woods were silent except for birds and cow bells . The crops were laid by . The huckleberries ripened ; the `` sarvices '' hung thick in the forest .