Literal slow walking

A medical situation has put me inside for a while, so I thought I'd share some spring images. Spring has come on full force. It seems like one day we have that light green haze over the woods, and the next, we're in full jungle mode. So amazing.

Images of late. . .  

The fiddle-heads move quickly from this to full blown Ostrich Plumes. They are breath-taking, particularly given their sheer numbers, but also for their hardiness and toughness. When we visited a friend in Massachusetts a few years ago, she was ripping them out by the roots from her garden. They had become a formidable weed.

Fancy Trillium

 

 

 

And then there are the trillium. In what can only be described as way too short a season, they were here in full force this past week. We call the frilly white and maroon type "fancy", but I don't really know which common name is well recognized. These take a little looking for, and knowing what one is looking for, but once you see them in one place, you start to see them everywhere. It's as though your eyes need to get calibrated to them.

Red Trillium

The more common red trillium graces our yard, and most woodland paths that I've been on in Maine. Again, a short season, and calibrated eyes at the right time. They tend to hang out in gangs. Smile.

They are also often seen in the same areas as that radical to the left. . .the strappy leaves only give them away if you know who they are. But in a month or so, these plants will be offering up the most beautiful Pink Lady Slippers imaginable. I hope I can be back.

And that's it for the post today. I'll close with a video of our creek at Sanders Hill if it cooperates. This was from Mother's Day (only a week ago!), and is one of the things that keeps drawing us back into the forest.

 

 

Video link

https://youtu.be/lCECh5UdtY8