Decided to take a break from veggie blogging today. Instead I am going to show some photos I have taken in the woods during the past few weeks. The forest has come alive again and under closure inspection there is a myriad of interesting things to observes. Many of them only showing themselves for a short time before retreating below ground again until next spring.
Trout Lily mass. Taken on a drizzly day, they only open for the sun.
Trout Lilies with a native bee to the right.
Canadian Wild Ginger. They flower on the ground to attract ground pollinators.
White Trillium. Our provincial flower.
Red Trillium
Red Fern Frond
Native Foamflower
May Apple
Marsh Marigold
Downy Yellow Violet
Bloodroot
Forest Ruins
Absolutely gorgeous pictures! The wonders that surround us.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely stroll in the woods Dan ! Just what I needed on this very bleak day. Your photos are superb !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! I picked up a red Trillium at a local plant sale, but it's small and won't bloom for at least another year. Your pictures remind me what I'm waiting for.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog.
Thanks for sharing. The photos are beautiful, I can only imagine how stunning it is in person. Those trout lilies! Wow.
ReplyDeleteFor those of us not so close to the woods - Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGREAT pictures Dan! I love the forest at this stage. You captured it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful...I love when the forest comes alive in the spring...The colors are so inviting after a long gloomy winter : )
ReplyDeleteYou know, I love the shockingly vibrant green of early spring almost as much as the somber colors of autumn. Your photos capture the essesnce of spring.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, Dan! BTW...the last comment you left on my blog won't let me publish it. Everytime I try, it gives me an error. I'll have to reject it to get it to go away...Sorry!
ReplyDeletewonderful photos! thanks for sharing our forests are very different out West.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures - Spring is such a hopeful time. Those lilies are really striking.
ReplyDeleteI took a photo of a deep red trillium at Durham Botanic gardens a couple of weeks ago. Not a common sight here.
Lovely photos, you do have an eye for detail. I especially like Red Trillium flowers, never seen them before.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! We cherish the forests in our region. They are vibrant and beautiful (much like the images you are sharing) and to walk among the earthy smells and captivating sights is a tonic to the soul.
ReplyDeleteI love all the forest flowers. We have a section with marsh marigolds that are just beautiful. I think with all the water they got this year they are even bigger than before.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. I used to live near a woods, and I miss the spring woodland flowers. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne
I'm lucky enough to have some native trout lilies in my backyard. I planted some trillium last year that I got at a local nursery and have more to put in this year too, later in May. I don't know how soon they'll flower; I'm just happy last year's plantings survived -- they were very sad looking little root things when they went into the ground!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! Impressive. And I think you just convinced me to buy some Trillium. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos.
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